Background
Sewall, Harold Marsh was born on January 3, 1860 in Bath, Maine, United States. Son of of late Honorary Arthur and Emma Duncan (Crooker) S.
Sewall, Harold Marsh was born on January 3, 1860 in Bath, Maine, United States. Son of of late Honorary Arthur and Emma Duncan (Crooker) S.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1882, and Bachelor of Laws, 1885. (honorary Master of Arts, Bowdoin College, 1919).
Vice-consul at Liverpool, 1885-1887. Consul-general at Samoa, 1887-1889. Opposed German pretensions there.
Attache of commission which negotiated Berlin treaty of 1889, for joint government of Samoa by the powers.
Reapptd. consul-general at Samoa, 1889-1892. Secured site to naval station at Pago-Pago.
Admitted to Maine bar, 1892. Delaware Republican National Convention, 1896.
Member Maine House of Representatives, 1896.
United States minister to Hawaii, 1897. Received transfer sovereignty of islands, 1898. Special agent United States until organization of the territory.
Was first member Republican National Committee for Hawaii.
Member Maine House of Representatives, 1903-1907, Senate, 1907-1909. Republican candidate for Congress, 1914.
Chairman Maine Committee of Public Safety. Member of advisory committee of Conference for Limitation of Armament, 1921.
Member Republican National Committee Home: Bath, Maine.
Member Maine House of Representatives, 1896. Member Maine House of Representatives, 1903-1907, Senate, 1907-1909. Member of advisory committee of Conference for Limitation of Armament, 1921.
Member Republican National Committee.
Married Camilla Loyall Ashe, September 14, 1893.