Sewall Farwell | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIowa's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | |
| Preceded by | Hiram Price |
| Succeeded by | Jeremiah H. Murphy |
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| Born | (1834-04-26)April 26, 1834 Keene, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | September 21, 1909(1909-09-21) (aged 75) Monticello, Iowa, U.S |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Branch/service | Union Army |
| Years of service | 1862–1864 |
| Rank | .svg) Major |
| Unit | Company H,31st Iowa Infantry Regiment |
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Sewall Spaulding Farwell (April 26, 1834 – September 21, 1909) was aCivil War officer and one-termRepublicanU.S. Representative fromIowa's 2nd congressional district.
Born inKeene, Ohio, Farwell attended the common schools and an academy inCleveland, Ohio.He moved to Iowa in 1852, settling inJones County, Iowa, and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
In 1862, after the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in theUnion Army as captain of Company H,31st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to major in 1864, and served until the close of the war. He participated in the battles ofChickasaw Bayou,Arkansas Post,Siege of Vicksburg,Lookout Mountain,Missionary Ridge,Kennesaw Mountain,Atlanta, andJonesboro, andSherman's March to the Sea.[1]
Farwell served as member of theIowa Senate from 1865 to 1869.[2] He served (from 1869 to 1873) as an assessor of internal revenue,[2] then (from 1875 to 1881) as collector of internal revenue.
In September 1880, Farwell won the Republican nomination on the 124th ballot to succeedHiram Price as the Iowa 2nd congressional district's representative in the U.S. House.[3] After winning the general election, he served in theForty-seventh Congress. He won renomination in 1882, but was defeated in the general election by DemocratJeremiah Henry Murphy. He served in Congress from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1883.
Returning to Iowa, he served as president of theMonticello State Bank.[2] He died in Monticello on September 21, 1909, and was interred in Oakwood Cemetery. A dispute among the beneficiaries of his will was resolved by the Iowa Supreme Court inFarwell v. Carpenter, 142 N.W. 227 (Iowa 1913).
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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