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In 1887 he was again elected to the legislature, and was reelected in 1889. In 1867 he was elected a member of the constitutional convention, but this body never assembled. He was elected district attorney in 1872, and again in 1875. He was also city attorney for some time. He has held every office for which he has asked, and can truthfully say that he has received more votes than any opponent he has ever had. This is, indeed, a unique record in the political world. He has ever done credit to his constituency, and has acquitted himself, in the various positions he has held, with distinction. Captain Seal was united in marriage in 1867 to Miss Ivan [sic, should be Joan] Newman, of New Orleans, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Seal is a devoted member of the Roman Catholic church."
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