SEWALL, SAMUEL, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., December
11, 1757; attended the common schools and was graduated from Harvard College in
1776; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Marblehead, Mass.; member of the State house of representatives 1784 and
1788-1796; elected as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Benjamin Goodhue; reelected to the Fifth and Sixth
Congresses and served from December 7, 1796, until his resignation on January
10, 1800; one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1798
to conduct the impeachment proceedings against William Blount, a Senator from
Tennessee; associate judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts 1801-1813 and
served as chief justice in 1813 and 1814; died in Wiscasset, Maine, June 8,
1814; interment in Ancient Cemetery; reinterment in the family tomb at
Marblehead, Mass.
