Samuel Sewall (congressman)
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| Samuel Sewall | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district |
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| In office December 7, 1796 – January 10, 1800 |
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| Preceded by | Benjamin Goodhue |
| Succeeded by | Nathan Read |
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| Born | December 11, 1757 Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Wiscasset, Massachusetts, U.S. (now Maine) |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Samuel Sewall (December 11, 1757 – June 8, 1814) was an American lawyer and congressman. He was born in Boston in the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Biography
After attending Dummer Charity School (now The Governor's Academy), Sewall graduated from Harvard College (A.B. 1776, A.M. 1779, honorary LL.D. 1808) and set up practice as a lawyer in Marblehead. He served as a member of the state legislature in 1783, and from 1788-96.
He represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1796 to 1800, and from 1800 to 1814 served as a judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, becoming chief justice in 1814. He died at Wiscasset in Massachusetts' District of Maine while holding a court there.[1] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1801.[2]
American novelist Louisa May Alcott was Sewall's great niece. His younger sister, Dorothy, was Alcott's great-grandmother.[3] In 1781, he married Abigail Devereux; they had a family of at least six sons and two daughters. Sewall's great-grandfather Samuel Sewall was a judge at the Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts, and subsequently Chief Justice of Massachusetts.[1]
Sewall was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society on June 1, 1814.[4] Sewall died 7 days later on June 8, apparently before he could formally respond, so his disposition regarding membership is unknown.
In 1814 Fort Sewall in Marblehead, Massachusetts was renamed for him.[5]
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| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district December 7, 1796 – January 10, 1800 |
Succeeded by Nathan Read |
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| Preceded by | Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 1800–1814 |
Succeeded by Daniel Dewey |
| Preceded by | Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 1814 |
Succeeded by Isaac Parker |
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- 1757 births
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- American Congregationalists
- Harvard College alumni
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- Politicians from Boston
- Chief Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- Members of the American Antiquarian Society
- Sewall family
- The Governor's Academy alumni
