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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.

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,''<ref>[https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/fred-seaton/12199 Fred Seaton]. ''Kansas Historical Society''. Retrieved August 23, 2021.</ref> which is issued six days a week until his death at the age of sixty-four.<ref name=bioguide/> Don Seaton succeeded his father as publisher and held the position until 2010.<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194347337/donald-r-seaton Donald R “Don” Seaton (1940-2018) - Find A Grave Memorial], accessed August 23, 2021.</ref>

until his death at the age of sixty-four.<ref name=bioguide/> Don Seaton succeeded his father as publisher and held the position until 2010.<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194347337/donald-r-seaton Donald R “Don” Seaton (1940-2018) - Find A Grave Memorial], accessed August 23, 2021.</ref>

==Political career==

==Political career==