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.; served in the Revolutionary War in the expedition against Canada in 1776; member of the Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1780, 1782-1783; member of the Massachusetts state senate, 1784-1785; Delegate to the Confederation Congress, 1785, 1786, and 1788; member of the Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1787-1788, and served as speaker; delegate to the Massachusetts state convention that adopted the U.S. Constitution in 1788; elected to the First and to the three succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation in June 1796 (March 4, 1789-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 (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.
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[ Top ]Welch, Richard E. Theodore Sedgwick, Federalist: A Political Portrait. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1965.
