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Sewall family of Bath, Maine

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This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

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  Samuel Sewall (1757-1814) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 11, 1757. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1784, 1788-96; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1796-1800 (11th District 1796-97, at-large 1797-1800); resigned 1800; justice of Massachusetts state supreme court, 1800-14; chief justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1814; died in office 1814. Died in Wiscasset, Lincoln County, Maine, June 8, 1814 (age 56 years, 179 days). Original interment at Ancient Cemetery, Wiscasset, Maine; reinterment in private or family graveyard.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Sewall (1715-1771) and Elizabeth (Quincy) Sewall; married to Abigail Devereux; second cousin of Josiah Quincy (1772-1864); second cousin once removed of Josiah Quincy Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Samuel Miller Quincy; second cousin thrice removed of Josiah Quincy (1859-1919) and Arthur Outram Sherman; third cousin of Abigail Adams; third cousin once removed of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) and William Cranch; third cousin twice removed of George Washington Adams, Charles Francis Adams, Arthur Sewall and Daniel Albert Cony; third cousin thrice removed of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894), Joseph Homan Manley, Brooks Adams and Harold Marsh Sewall.
  Political family: Sewall family of Bath, Maine (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
Arthur Sewall Arthur Sewall (1835-1900) — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, November 25, 1835. 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, 1880 (member, Credentials Committee), 1888; 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 Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, Maine, September 5, 1900 (age 64 years, 284 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of William Dunning Sewall and Rachel Allen (Trufant) Sewall; married to Emma Duncan Crooker; father of Harold Marsh Sewall; grandfather of Arthur Sewall (1887-1961), Loyall Farragut Sewall, Sumner Sewall and Arthur Sewall II; first cousin of Daniel Albert Cony; first cousin twice removed of Chase Mellen Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Sewall; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph Homan Manley.
  Political families: Cony-Sewall family of Augusta, Maine; Sewall family of Bath, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Public Library
  Daniel Albert Cony (1837-1892) — also known as Daniel A. Cony — of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine. Born May 5, 1837. Republican. Grain merchant; banker; mayor of Augusta, Maine, 1875. Died, from heart disease, in Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine, July 23, 1892 (age 55 years, 79 days). Interment at Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Cony (1811-1870) and Mercy Hannah (Sewall) Cony; married to Mary Jones; nephew of Susan Cony (who married Richard Foster Perkins); grandson of Samuel Cony (1775-1835); granduncle of Chase Mellen Jr.; great-grandson of Daniel Cony; first cousin of Arthur Sewall (1835-1900); first cousin once removed of Harold Marsh Sewall and Robert Alexander Cony; first cousin twice removed of Arthur Sewall (1887-1961), Loyall Farragut Sewall, Sumner Sewall and Arthur Sewall II; second cousin of Melville Weston Fuller; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Sewall; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph Homan Manley.
  Political families: Cony-Sewall family of Augusta, Maine; Sewall family of Bath, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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. Republican. U.S. Vice Consul in Liverpool, 1885-87; U.S. Consul General in Apia, 1887-92; 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 in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 28, 1924 (age 64 years, 299 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Arthur Sewall (1835-1900) and Emma Duncan (Crooker) Sewall; married, September 14, 1893, to Camilla Loyall Ashe; father of Camilla Loyall Ashe Sewall (who married Walter Evans Edge), Loyall Farragut Sewall and Arthur Sewall II; uncle of Arthur Sewall (1887-1961) and Sumner Sewall; first cousin once removed of Daniel Albert Cony; second cousin once removed of Chase Mellen Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Sewall.
  Political families: Cony-Sewall family of Augusta, Maine; Sewall family of Bath, Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  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. Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; advertising business; newspaper publisher; banker; Republican Presidential Elector for New Jersey, 1905; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1908 (alternate), 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1940 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1944, 1948, 1952 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1956; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Atlantic County, 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; delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1936. Presbyterian; later Episcopalian. Member, Union League. Died, from uremic poisoning, in Memorial Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 29, 1956 (age 82 years, 344 days). Interment at Northwood Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of William Edge and Mary (Evans) Edge; married, June 5, 1907, to Lady Lee Phillips; married, December 9, 1922, to Camilla Loyall Ashe Sewall (daughter of Harold Marsh Sewall).
  Political family: Sewall family of Bath, Maine (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Campaign slogan (1916): "A Business Man With A Business Plan."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Arthur Sewall (1887-1961) — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, July 21, 1887. Republican. Mayor of Bath, Maine, 1935-37, 1939; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1936. Died in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, July 31, 1961 (age 74 years, 10 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of William Dunning Sewall and Mary Locke (Sumner) Sewall; brother of Sumner Sewall; married, November 18, 1916, to Laura A. Barler; nephew of Harold Marsh Sewall; grandson of Arthur Sewall (1835-1900); first cousin of Loyall Farragut Sewall and Arthur Sewall II; first cousin twice removed of Daniel Albert Cony; third cousin of Chase Mellen Jr..
  Political family: Sewall family of Bath, Maine (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Loyall Farragut Sewall (1894-1958) — also known as Loyall F. Sewall — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, September 13, 1894. Republican. Investment broker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1932. Died in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, April 6, 1958 (age 63 years, 205 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Harold Marsh Sewall and Camilla Loyall (Ashe) Sewall; brother of Arthur Sewall II; married to Jane Smith; grandson of Arthur Sewall (1835-1900); first cousin of Arthur Sewall (1887-1961) and Sumner Sewall; first cousin twice removed of Daniel Albert Cony; third cousin of Chase Mellen Jr..
  Political family: Sewall family of Bath, Maine (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Sumner Sewall (1897-1965) — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, June 17, 1897. Republican. Delegate to Maine convention to ratify 21st amendment from Sagadahoc County, 1933; Governor of Maine, 1941-45; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1944. Died in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine, January 25, 1965 (age 67 years, 222 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of William Dunning Sewall and Mary Locke (Sumner) Sewall; brother of Arthur Sewall (1887-1961); married to Helen Ellena Evans; nephew of Harold Marsh Sewall; grandson of Arthur Sewall (1835-1900); first cousin of Loyall Farragut Sewall and Arthur Sewall II; first cousin twice removed of Daniel Albert Cony; third cousin of Chase Mellen Jr..
  Political family: Sewall family of Bath, Maine (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Arthur Sewall II (1898-1962) — of Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, February 28, 1898. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1940. Died June 24, 1962 (age 64 years, 116 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.
  Relatives: Son of Harold Marsh Sewall and Camilla Loyall (Ashe) Sewall; brother of Loyall Farragut Sewall; married to Anne Lane Warren; grandson of Arthur Sewall (1835-1900); first cousin of Arthur Sewall (1887-1961) and Sumner Sewall; first cousin twice removed of Daniel Albert Cony; third cousin of Chase Mellen Jr..
  Political family: Sewall family of Bath, Maine (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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