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| alma_mater=[[Kansas State University]]<br> at Manhattan, [[Kansas]]<br>
| alma_mater=[[Kansas State University]]<br> at Manhattan, [[Kansas]]<br>
(Bachelor of Arts)
(Bachelor of Arts)
|spouse=Gladys Hope Dowd Seaton
|children= Donald Richard "Don" Seaton<br>
Alfred Noble Seaton, and two daughters, Mrs. Maynard Epp of Henderson, Nebraska, and Mrs. Jerry Hansen of
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'''Frederick Andrew Seaton''', known as ''' Fred A. Seaton''' (December 11, 1909 – January 16, 1974), was a [[newspaper]]man and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[United States Senator]] for [[Nebraska]], who served eleven months from 1951 to 1952 after appointment by [[Governor]] Frederick Valdemar Erastus "Val" Peterson (1903-1983) to succeed [[conservative]] Republican [[Kenneth Wherry]], who died in office. In 1956, [[U.S. President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] appointed his fellow [[Moderate Republican]] Seaton as the [[United States Secretary of the Interior]]. He remained in the [[Cabinet]] until Eisenhower turned over the office to [[John F. Kennedy]] on January 20, 1961.<ref name=bioguide>Bioguide Search (congress.gov), August 23, 2021.</ref>
'''Frederick Andrew Seaton''', known as ''' Fred A. Seaton''' (December 11, 1909 – January 16, 1974), was a [[newspaper]]man and a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[United States Senator]] for [[Nebraska]], who served eleven months from 1951 to 1952 after appointment by [[Governor]] Frederick Valdemar Erastus "Val" Peterson (1903-1983) to succeed [[conservative]] Republican [[Kenneth Wherry]], who died in office. In 1956, [[U.S. President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] appointed his fellow [[Moderate Republican]] Seaton as the [[United States Secretary of the Interior]]. He remained in the [[Cabinet]] until Eisenhower turned over the office to [[John F. Kennedy]] on January 20, 1961.<ref name=bioguide>Bioguide Search (congress.gov), August 23, 2021.</ref>
A native of [[Washington, D.C.]], Seaton was reared in Manhattan, [[Kansas]], by his parents, Fay Noble Seaton and the former Dorothea Elizabeth Schmidt. He attended Manhattan High School and graduated in 1931 from [[Kansas State University]], also in Manhattan. He and his wife, the former Gladys Hope Dowd (1919-1999), a Kasas native, had two sons, Donald Richard "Don" Seaton (1940-2018) and Alfred Noble Seaton, and two daughters, Mrs. Maynard Epp of Henderson, Nebraska, and Mrs. Jerry Hansen of Norfolk, Nebraska.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/18/archives/fred-a-seaton-interior-chief-under-eisenhower-dies-at-64-publisher.html|title=Fred A. Seaton, Interior Chief ‘Under Eisenhower, Dies at 64|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=January 18, 1974|page=36|accessdate=August 23, 2021}}</ref> They also had twin daughters, Johanna Christine and Monica Margaret Seaton, who died at birth in 1936.
A native of [[Washington, D.C.]], Seaton was reared in Manhattan, [[Kansas]], by his parents, Fay Noble Seaton and the former Dorothea Elizabeth Schmidt. He attended Manhattan High School and graduated in 1931 from [[Kansas State University]], also in Manhattan. He and his wife, the former Gladys Hope Dowd (1919-1999), a Kansas native, had two sons, Donald Richard "Don" Seaton (1940-2018) and Alfred Noble Seaton, and two daughters, Mrs. Maynard Epp of Henderson, Nebraska, and Mrs. Jerry Hansen of Norfolk, Nebraska.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/18/archives/fred-a-seaton-interior-chief-under-eisenhower-dies-at-64-publisher.html|title=Fred A. Seaton, Interior Chief ‘Under Eisenhower, Dies at 64|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=January 18, 1974|page=36|accessdate=August 23, 2021}}</ref> They also had twin daughters, Johanna Christine and Monica Margaret Seaton, who died at birth in 1936.
In 1937, Seaton moved to Hastings, Nebraska, where he was the publisher until his death of his family-owned ''The Hastings Daily Tribune,'' which is issued six days a week.
In 1937, Seaton moved to Hastings, Nebraska, where he was the publisher until his death of his family-owned ''The Hastings Daily Tribune,'' which is issued six days a week.