to exploit this workforce. The Hawes Riot occurred in Birmingham; thirteen people died. Evidence of discontent among Alabamians occurred when farmers organized the Farmer's Alliance to draw attention to their problems. In 1890 Seay was defeated by James M. Pugh in his bid for a U.S. Senate seat. He did not run for office again, although he helped Thomas G. Jones in his campaign for governor against Populist Reuben Kolb. Personal Seay married Ellen Smaw of Greene (later Hale) County on July 12, 1875. They had a son and a daughter before her death in 1879. In 1881 he married Clara de Lesdernier, with whom he had four more children. Seay died at 49 on March 30, 1896, in Greensboro. Tributes Seay Hall at the Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University was named for him. The three-story wood frame dormitory burned in 1892. Notes Sources Alabama Department of Archives and History, Public Information Subject Files. National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Owen, Thomas M. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, 1921. Stewart, John Craig. The Governors of Alabama, 1975. Summersell, Charles G. Alabama: A State History, 1955. Summersell, Charles G. "The Alabama Governor's Race in 1892." Alabama Review, January 1955. http://www.archives.alabama.gov/govs_list/g_seayth.html 1846 births 1896 deaths People from Hale County, Alabama Confederate States Army soldiers Democratic Party governors of Alabama 19th-century American politicians