Background
Seawell, Herbert Floyd was born on August 8, 1869 in Duplin Company, North Carolina, United States. Son of Virgil Newton and Ellen (Croom) Seawell.
Seawell, Herbert Floyd was born on August 8, 1869 in Duplin Company, North Carolina, United States. Son of Virgil Newton and Ellen (Croom) Seawell.
Student, Wake Forest College, 1890-1891. Graduate Law Department, University of North Carolina, 1892.
In practice law, Carthage, since 1892. State's attorney 7th North Carolina Judicial District, 1894-1898. United State Attorneys, Eastern District, North Carolina, 1910-1914.
Member United States Board of Tax Appeals, term 1929-1936.
Republican candidate for judge Superior Court, 1898, for government of North Carolina, 1928. Appointed judge The United States of America District Court, 1909, not confirmed by senate.
Qualified as Republican candidate for associate justice North Carolina Supreme Court.
Member Federal, American and North Carolina State bar associations.
Married Ella McNeill, of Carthage, North Carolina, July 30, 1895. Children: Herbert F., Henry, Ella Meade.