SEDGWICK, THEODORE
\sˈɛdɡwɪk], \sˈɛdɡwɪk], \s_ˈɛ_d_ɡ_w_ɪ_k]\
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(1746-1813), represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785 to 1786. He served in the U.S. Congress as a Federalist from 1789 to 1796 and in the U.S. Senate from 1796 to 1799. He was Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1799 to 1801. He was a Judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Court from 1802 to 1813.
By John Franklin Jameson
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