Seth Barton (1795-1854)

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Matt Clinton:

 Seth Barton was born in Virginia and moved to Tuscaloosa in 1821. He was elected to the Legislature in 1825 by the deciding vote of the sheriff, Hiram Cochrane. The contestants were Barton, Henry W. Collier, and William H. Jack. When the votes. were counted, it was found that all three candidates had the same number of votes. Barton was defeated for Congress in 1829 by Baylor and moved to New Orleans the next year. William R. Smith says that Barton was aristocratic and "held himself quite aloof from the vulgar populace," that "when he played a game it was to win."