Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813
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Name (Latin)
Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813
Date of birth
1746-05-09
Date of death
1813-01-24
Occupation
Judges
Lawyers
Legislators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, May 3, 2016(Sedgwick, Theodore, a Delegate, a Representative, and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in West Hartford, Conn., May 9, 1746; attended Yale College; studied theology and law; admitted to the bar in 1766 and commenced practice in Great Barrington, Mass.; moved to Sheffield, Mass.; during the Revolutionary War served in the expedition against Canada in 1776; member, State house of representatives 1780, 1782-1783; member, State senate 1784-1785; Member of the Continental Congress 1785, 1786, and 1788; member, State house of representatives 1787-1788, and served as speaker; delegate to the State convention that adopted the Federal Constitution in 1788; elected to the First and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1789, until his resignation in June 1796; elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Caleb Strong and served from June 11, 1796, to March 3, 1799; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Fifth Congress; elected to the Sixth Congress (March 4, 1799-March 3, 1801); Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sixth Congress; judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts 1802-1813; died in Boston, Mass., January 24, 1813; interment in the family cemetery, Stockbridge, Mass.)
- DAB(Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813; legislator & jurist; practiced law, Gt. Barrington, Mass.; volunteer aid, Bourgoyne campaign; defended Elizabeth Freeman, Negro slave; Federalist; memb. Cont'l Cong., 1785-88; served as rep. 2-4 Cong., pres. Senate; m. 1: Eliza Mason; 2: Pamela Dwight (dau. Gen'l Joseph Dwight); 3: Penelope Russell (dau. Dr. Charles Russell of Boston))
- NUCMC data from NJ Hist. Soc. for Kinney family. Papers, 1783-1900(Theodore Sedgwick [I])
- DAB(Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813; legislator & jurist; practiced law, Gt. Barrington, Mass.; volunteer aid, Bourgoyne campaign; defended Elizabeth Freeman, Negro slave; Federalist; memb. Cont'l Cong., 1785-88; served as rep. 2-4 Cong., pres.Senate; m. 1: Eliza Mason; 2: Pamela Dwight (dau. Gen'l Joseph Dwight); 3: Penelope Russell (dau. Dr. Charles Russell of Boston))