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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Massachusetts / USTheodore SEDGWICK
(1746-1813)
Senate Years of Service:
1796-1799Party: FederalistSEDGWICK, 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.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; The Yale Biographical
Dictionary of American Law; Welch, Richard. Theodore
Sedgwick, Federalist: A Political Portrait. Middletown, Conn.:
Wesleyan University Press, 1965.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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