:Harold M. Sewall

{{Short description|American politician and diplomat}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Harold M. Sewall

|image = Harold M. Sewall, 1899 newspaper sketch.jpg

|order =

|minister_from1 = United States

|country1 = Hawaii

|term_start1 = 1897

|term_end1 = August 12, 1898

|predecessor1= Albert Sydney Willis

|successor1 = Position abolished

|president1 = William McKinley

|birth_date = {{birth date|1860|01|03}}

|birth_place = Bath, Maine, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1924|10|28|1860|01|03}}

|death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

|restingplace = Oak Grove Cemetery
Bath, Maine, U.S.

}}

Harold Marsh Sewall (January 3, 1860 – October 28, 1924) was an American politician and diplomat.

Sewall was born in Bath, Sagadahoc County, Maine. He was the son of Arthur Sewall. Sewall served in the Maine House of Representatives, 1896, and from 1903 to 1907; he was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1896. He was the last United States Minister to Hawaii, arriving in 1897 to the Republic of Hawaii after the death of Albert Sydney Willis, and returning in 1898 after annexation formed the Territory of Hawaii.

He was a member of the Maine State Senate, from 1907 to 1909 and was a candidate for the United States representative from Maine 2nd district, 1914; member of Republican National Committee from Maine, 1924. He died in a hospital at New York City. His interment was at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, Maine.[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=114771 Our Campaigns.com.-Harold M. Sewall][https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/sewall-harold-marsh United States Department of State-Harold Marsh Sewall]

Following the death of George W. Merrill on January 10, 1914, Sewall became the last living person to serve as the United States Minister to Hawaii.{{Cite news |last=Humanities |first=National Endowment for the |date=1914-01-20 |title=Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, January 20, 1914, 3:30 Edition, Image 1 |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014682/1914-01-20/ed-2/seq-1/#date1=1890&index=1&rows=20&words=George+Merrill+W&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=Hawaii&date2=1922&proxtext=%22George+W+Merrill%22&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 |access-date=2025-02-15 |issn=2326-1137}}