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Seth Barton (December 5, 1795 – December 29, 1854) was an attorney and government official who was active in Alabama and Louisiana. He served the federal government as Solicitor of the United States Treasury and Chargé d'affaires in Chile. ==Biography== Barton was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 5, 1795.〔The United States in Latin America: A Historical Dictionary, by David Shavit, 1992, page 18〕 He attended Washington and Lee University, studied law and attained admission to the bar.〔(Catalogue of the Officers and Alumni of Washington and Lee University ), published by the University, 1888, page 68〕 In 1821 he relocated to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he continued to practice law and became involved in the newspaper business.〔Magazine article, Matrimonial Problems of Seth Barton: An Ante-Bellum American "Diplomat" in Chile, by James Morton Callahan, published in The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Volume 4, Volume 4, 1945, page 285〕〔Memorial Record of Alabama, published by Brant & Fuller, Chicago, 1893, page 170〕 He apparently served in the militia, in that he was often referred to in correspondence and press accounts as "Colonel", though the exact details of his military service are not currently known. Barton was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1825.〔(Seth Barton entry ), History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, by Thomas McAdory Owen and Marie Bankhead Owen, Volume 3, 1921, page 109〕 In 1828 Barton was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives.〔(Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor entry ), History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, by Thomas McAdory Owen and Marie Bankhead Owen, Volume 3, 1921, page 117〕 Barton moved to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1830, where he continued to practice law〔The Papers of Henry Clay, by Henry Clay, edited by James Franklin Hopkins and Robert Seager, 1973, page 672〕〔(Alabama, Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872 ), by Willis Brewer, 1872, pages 566 to 567〕 as a partner of Judah P. Benjamin. In 1843 he ran unsuccessfully for the Louisiana House of Representatives, and in 1844 he supported James K. Polk for President, including writing letters to the editor under the pen name ''John Randolph of Roanoke''. As President, Polk rewarded Barton with appointment as Solicitor of the Treasury, and he served from 1845 to 1847.〔(Correspondence of James K. Polk: July-December 1845 ), by James Knox Polk, 2004, page 93〕〔(The Bench and Bar of the South and Southwest ), 1876, by Henry Stuart Foote, pages 203 to 204〕〔(Register of the Department of Justice ), published by United States Department of Justice, 1885, page 4〕〔(The Papers of Jefferson Davis: June 1841-July 1846 ), by Jefferson Davis, 1975, page 524〕 Barton served as U.S. Chargé d'affaires to Chile from 1847 to 1849.〔The Mission of Colonel Seth Barton, United States Chargé D'Affaires to Chile, 1847-1849, by Thomas Ray Shurbutt, 1967〕 While in this post he created controversy by marrying a local woman in a Protestant service. The leaders of Chile's Catholic Church were angered because as a Protestant and a man who had been divorced, they believed Barton to be violating church tenets by marrying Isabel Astaburruaga, who was Catholic.〔(Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism ), by Terryl L. Givens and Matthew J. Grow, 2011, page 308〕〔(Rendering Unto Caesar: The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America ), by Anthony James Gill, 1998, page 124〕〔(Freedom and Religion in the Nineteenth Century ), by Richard J. Helmstadter, 1997, page 310〕 Barton died of yellow fever in New Orleans on December 29, 1854.〔(American Biographical Notes ), by Franklin Benjamin Hough, 1875, page 19〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seth Barton (attorney)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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