He was born in Cincinnati on October 27, 1878, the son of Emily (née Fechheimer) and Alfred Seasongood.

[3] In 1905, then-Secretary of War William Howard Taft delivered a speech in Akron that attacked the corruption under Cox.

It created a civil service system to eliminate political patronage and made Cincinnati the first large city with a council-manager administration.

[6] As Mayor, Seasongood was instrumental in the establishment of a county park board, after visiting and admiring the Emerald Necklace that is Cleveland Metroparks.

[4] He was survived by his wife, Agnes Senior, whom he married in 1912 and their daughter, Janet Seasongood Hoffheimer.