The Political Graveyard: Sewall family of Maine

Sewall family of Maine

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Arthur Sewall (1835-1900) — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, November 25, 1835. Father of Harold Marsh Sewall. Democrat. Shipbuilder; part owner of the Bath Iron Works; president, Maine Central Railroad; director for other railroads; president, Bath National Bank; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1876; member of Democratic National Committee from Maine, 1888-96; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1896. Swedenborgian. Suffered a stroke of apoplexy and died three days later, in Small Point, Sagadahoc County, Maine, September 5, 1900. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
- See also Sewall family of Maine
Harold Marsh Sewall (1860-1924) — also known as Harold M. Sewall — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, January 3, 1860. Son of Emma Duncan (Crocker) Sewall and Arthur Sewall; married, September 14, 1893, to Camilla Loyall Ashe; father of Camilla Loyall Ashe Sewall (who married Walter Evans Edge). Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Liverpool, 1885-87; lawyer; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1896, 1903-07; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1896, 1916; U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1897-98; member of Maine state senate, 1907-09; candidate for U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1914; member of Republican National Committee from Maine, 1924. Died, in a private hospital at New York, New York County, N.Y., October 28, 1924. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
- See also Sewall family of Maine
Walter Evans Edge (1873-1956) — also known as Walter E. Edge — of Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J.; Ventnor City, Atlantic County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 20, 1873. Son of William Edge and Mary (Evans) Edge; married, June 10, 1907, to Lady Lee Phillips (died 1915); married, December 9, 1922, to Camilla Loyall Ashe Sewall (daughter of Harold Marsh Sewall). Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; advertising business; newspaper publisher; banker; Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1904; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908 (alternate), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1910; member of New Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1911-16; Governor of New Jersey, 1917-19, 1944-47; resigned 1919; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1919-29; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1929-33; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936. Presbyterian; later Episcopalian. Member, Union League. Died October 29, 1956. Interment at Northwood Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
- See also Sewall family of Maine
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.

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