Background
Sedgwick, son of Stephen Sedgwick and Anna Baldwin, was born March 15, 1815 in Ithaca, New York, and attended Pompey Hill Academy, and Hamilton College, Clinton, New New York
United States representative politician
Sedgwick, son of Stephen Sedgwick and Anna Baldwin, was born March 15, 1815 in Ithaca, New York, and attended Pompey Hill Academy, and Hamilton College, Clinton, New New York
He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1848, and commenced practice in Syracuse, New New York
Sedgwick was elected as a Republican to the 36th and 37th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1863. He was Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs (37th C). He engaged for the next two years in codifying naval laws for the Navy Department at Washington, District of Columbia and then resumed the practice of law in Syracuse.
He died February 3, 1883 in Syracuse, New New York
And was buried at the Oakwood Cemetery there.