Charles B. Sedgwick
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Charles Baldwin Sedgwick (March 15, 1815 - February 3, 1883) was a U.S. Representative
from New York
during the American Civil War
.
, and attended Pompey Hill Academy, and Hamilton College, Clinton, New York
. He studied law and was admitted to the bar
in 1848 and commenced practice in Syracuse, New York
.
Sedgwick was elected as a Republican
to the Thirty-sixth
and Thirty-seventh
Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1863).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs (Thirty-seventh Congress) but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1862.
He engaged for the next two years in codifying naval laws for the Navy Department at Washington, D.C.
and then resumed the practice of law in Syracuse, New York
.
He died February 3, 1883 in Syracuse, New York
and is buried there in Oakwood Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
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from New York
New York
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during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
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Biography
Sedgwick was born in Pompey, New YorkPompey, New York
Pompey is a town in the southeast part of Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 6,159 at the 2000 census. The town was named after the Roman general and political leader Pompey by a late 18th-century clerk interested in the Classics in the new federal republic.- History :The...
, and attended Pompey Hill Academy, and Hamilton College, Clinton, New York
Clinton, Oneida County, New York
Clinton is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 1,952 at the 2000 census. It was named for George Clinton, a royal governor of the colony of New York....
. He studied law and was admitted to the bar
Admission to the bar in the United States
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in 1848 and commenced practice in Syracuse, New York
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...
.
Sedgwick was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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to the Thirty-sixth
36th United States Congress
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and Thirty-seventh
37th United States Congress
The Thirty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1861 to March 4, 1863, during the first two...
Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1863).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs (Thirty-seventh Congress) but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1862.
He engaged for the next two years in codifying naval laws for the Navy Department at Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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and then resumed the practice of law in Syracuse, New York
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...
.
He died February 3, 1883 in Syracuse, New York
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...
and is buried there in Oakwood Cemetery.