Background
Sedgwick, Theodore was born on May 9, 1746 in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Benjamin and Ann (Thompson) Sedgwick.
Sedgwick, Theodore was born on May 9, 1746 in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Benjamin and Ann (Thompson) Sedgwick.
Received degree from Yale, 1772 (as of 1765).
10 children including Theodore, Catharine Maria. Admitted to Berkshire County (Massachusetts) bar, 1766. Clerk Berkshire County Convention to consider resistance to British taxation, 1774.
Military secretary to General John Thomas, 1776.
Member Massachusetts Legislature, 1780, 82, 83, 87, 88, speaker, 1788. Member Massachusetts Senate, 1784, 85.
Defended Negro slave Elizabeth Freeman, established illegality of slavery in Massachusetts, 1783. Staunch Federalist; member Continental Congress, 1785-1788.
Active in suppressing Shays’ Rebellion, 1787.
Member Massachusetts Convention which ratified United States Constitution, 1788. Member United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, 1st-4th, 6th congresses, 1789-June 1796, 1799-1801, speaker, 1799-1801. Member United States Senate from Massachusetts, June 11, 1796-1799.
Judge Supreme Court of the Massachusetts, 1802-1813.
Trustee Williams College, until 1813. Corporate member American Academy Arts and Sciences
Member Massachusetts Legislature, 1780, 82, 83, 87, 88, speaker, 1788. Member Massachusetts Senate, 1784, 85. Member Continental Congress, 1785-1788.
Member Massachusetts Convention which ratified United States Constitution, 1788.
Member United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, 1st-4th, 6th congresses, 1789-June 1796, 1799-1801, speaker, 1799-1801. Member United States Senate from Massachusetts, June 11, 1796-1799.
Married Eliza Mason, 1768. Married second, Pamela Dwight, April. Married 3d, Penelope Russell, 1808.
