Walter Dudley Seed Sr. (June 26, 1864 – August 12, 1932) was an American politician who served as the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Alabama from 1911 to 1915, and as Alabama State Treasurer from 1907 to 1911.

His father emigrated from Germany and worked as a clothing manufacturer, cotton merchant and alderman.

[1] He was a Democrat and ran as a prohibitionist for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama.

[1][2][3] Seed retired from politics in 1914, after losing a bid for governor.

Prior to his death, he stated his intention of running for Alabama governor again in 1934.