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'''Frederick Andrew Seaton''', known as ''' Fred A. Seaton''' (December 11, 1909 &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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 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,'' which is issued six days a week.

Publisher Seaton, who also had [[television]] and [[radio]] stations, served on the nonpartisan, unicameral Nebraska State Legislature from 1944 to 1949. In his last two years, he was the chairman of the legislature. He had been secretary to [[Alf Landon]], former Kansas governor, the 1936 Republican presidential candidate, and the father of Moderate Republican U.S. Senator [[Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker]].<ref name=bioguide/>

Publisher Seaton, who also had [[television]] and [[radio]] stations, served on the nonpartisan, unicameral Nebraska State Legislature from 1944 to 1949. In his last two years, he was the chairman of the legislature. He had been secretary to [[Alf Landon]], former Kansas governor, the 1936 Republican presidential candidate, and the father of Moderate Republican U.S. Senator [[Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker]].<ref name=bioguide/>

After his brief term in the U.S. Senate and his four-and-a-half years as Secretary of the Interior, Seaton returned to Hastings. He ran for governor of Nebraska in 1962 but was defeated by the incumbent Democrat, Frank Brenner Morrison (1905-2004). After his defeat, Seaton pushed for campaign finance reform in Nebraska

After his brief term in the U.S. Senate and his four-and-a-half years as Secretary of the Interior, Seaton returned to Hastings. He ran for governor of Nebraska in 1962 but was defeated by the incumbent Democrat, Frank Brenner Morrison (1905–2004). After his defeat, Seaton pushed for campaign finance reform in Nebraska

Seaton is interred along with his wife and children at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings.<ref>Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed August 23, 2021.</ref>

Seaton is interred along with his wife and children at Parkview Cemetery in Hastings.<ref>Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed August 23, 2021.</ref>