Charles Smith Sewall (1779 – November 3, 1848) was an American politician from

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who served in the

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and House of Delegates as well as the

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Early life

Charles Smith Sewall was born in

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in 1779, to Clement and Cornelia (née Smith) Sewall. He attended the common schools and St. John's College in

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Career

Sewall served in the Forty-second Regiment of the Maryland Militia as a corporal in 1813, during the

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, and served in the

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, representing

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from 1815 to 1817, 1823 and 1825. He was member of the

, representing the western shore, from 1826 to 1830. He served as the state commissioner of the

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in 1827. 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 Harford County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 260,924. Its county seat is Bel Air. Harford County is included in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is al ...

Personal life

Sewall married Anna Catherine. They had six children: Charles S. Jr., Edwin Augustus, Jacob Keazy, Septimus Davidge, James Monroe and Ann Maria. Sewall died at Rose Hill in Harford County on November 3, 1848.

References

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