Charles Smith Sewall
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 3rd district
In office
January 2, 1843 – March 3, 1843
Preceded byJames Wray Williams
Succeeded byJohn Wethered
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 6th district
In office
October 1, 1832 – March 3, 1833
Preceded byGeorge Edward Mitchell
Succeeded byWilliam Cost Johnson
Member of the Maryland State Senate
In office
1826–1830
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
In office
1815–1817, 1823, 1825
Personal details
Born1779 (1779)
Queen Anne's County, Maryland, U.S.
DiedNovember 3, 1848(1848-11-03) (aged 68–69)
Harford County, Maryland, U.S.
SpouseAnna Catherine
Children6
Military career
Allegiance USA
Service/branchMaryland Militia
RankCorporal
UnitForty-second Regiment
Battles/warsWar of 1812

Charles Smith Sewall (1779 – November 3, 1848) was an American politician from Maryland who served in the Maryland State Senate and House of Delegates as well as the U. S. House of Representatives.

Early life

Charles Smith Sewall was born in Queen Anne's County, Maryland in 1779, to Clement and Cornelia (née Smith) Sewall.[1][2] He attended the common schools and St. John's College in Annapolis.[1][2]

Career

Sewall served in the Forty-second Regiment of the Maryland Militia as a corporal in 1813, during the War of 1812, and served in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Harford County from 1815 to 1817, 1823 and 1825. He was member of the Maryland State Senate, representing the western shore, from 1826 to 1830. He served as the state commissioner of the Pennsylvania and Maryland Canal Company in 1827.[1][2]

He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George E. Mitchell and served from October 1, 1832, to March 3, 1833. He was again elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy which was caused by the death of James W. Williams, and served from January 2 to March 3, 1843. He moved to Harford County, Maryland.[1][2]

Personal life

Sewall married Anna Catherine. They had six children: Charles S. Jr., Edwin Augustus, Jacob Keazy, Septimus Davidge, James Monroe and Ann Maria.[2]

Sewall died at Rose Hill in Harford County on November 3, 1848.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Sewall, Charles S." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Eisenberg, Gerson G. (1992). Marylanders Who Served the Nation: A Biographical Dictionary of Federal Officials from Maryland. Annapolis: Maryland State Archives. pp. 190–191. ISBN 978-0-942370-34-8.
U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byGeorge Edward Mitchell Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 6th congressional district 1832–1833 Succeeded byWilliam Cost Johnson Preceded byJames Wray Williams Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd congressional district 1843 Succeeded byJohn Wethered


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