Charles Baldwin Sedgwick, U.S. Representative

Charles Sedgwick, son of Stephen Sedgwick and Anna Baldwin, was b. Mar. 15,1815; d. Feb. 3 1883. A Civil War US Congreeman, he was elected as a Republican to represent New York's 24th District in the US House of Representatives, serving from Mar. 4,1859 to Mar. 3,1863.

Charles Baldwin Sedgwick

Birth: Mar. 15, 1815 Death: Feb. 3, 1883

Civil War US Congressman. He was elected as a Republican to represent New York's 24th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1863. (bio by: Russ Dodge)

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Parents:

 Stephen Sedgwick (1783 - 1830)

 Anna Baldwin Gott (1786 - 1872)

Spouses:

 Ellen Chase Smith Sedgwick (1812 - 1846)*

 Deborah White Gannett Sedgwick (1825 - 1901)*

Children:

 Jessie May Sedgwick*

 Fanny Clary Sedgwick*

 Charles Ethan Sedgwick (1838 - 1839)*

 Charles Henry Sedgwick (1840 - 1840)*

 Ellen Amelia Sedgwick Tracy (1841 - 1924)*

 Catherine Maria Sedgwick (1844 - 1846)*

 Charles Hamilton Sedgwick (1846 - 1924)*

 Anna Baldwin Sedgwick Silsbee (1848 - 1921)*

 Frank Lyndon Sedgwick (1850 - 1862)*

 Sarah White Sedgwick King (1852 - 1882)*

 Katharine Maria Sedgwick Burlingame (1856 - 1929)*

 Dora Gannet Sedgwick Hazard (1864 - 1935)*

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Burial: Oakwood Cemetery Syracuse Onondaga County New York, USA Plot: Section 15, Lot 39

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Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: Russ Dodge Record added: Aug 02, 2003 Find A Grave Memorial# 7730726

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• The Baldwin genealogy from 1500 to 1881 (1881)

Author: Baldwin, C. C. (Charles Candee), 1834-1895

Subject: Baldwin family

Publisher: Cleveland, O, [Leader printing company]

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Born in Pompey, New York, Sedgwick attended Pompey Hill Academy, and Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. He studied law. He 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). He 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.. He resumed the practice of law in Syracuse, New York, where he died February 3, 1883. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.