Charles B. Sedgwick
{{short description|American politician}}
{{for|the Minnesota architect|Charles S. Sedgwick}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Charles Sedwick
| image = CharlesBSedgwick.jpg
| birth_date = March 15, 1815
| death_date = February 3, 1883 (aged 67)
| birth_place = Pompey, New York, U.S.
| party = Republican
| death_place = Syracuse, New York, U.S.
| education = Hamilton College
| office = Chair of the House Naval Affairs Committee
| term_start = 1861
| term_end = 1863
| state1 = New York
| district1 = 24th
| term_start1 = 1859
| term_end1 = 1863
| predecessor1 = Amos P. Granger
| successor1 = Theodore M. Pomeroy
| resting_place = Oakwood Cemetery
| relations = Henry J. Sedgwick (brother)
}}
Charles Baldwin Sedgwick (March 15, 1815 – February 3, 1883) was an American lawyer and politician from New York who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for New York's 24th congressional district from 1859 to 1863.
Early life and education
Sedgwick, the son of Stephen Sedgwick and Anna Baldwin, was born March 15, 1815, in Pompey, New York, and attended Pompey Hill Academy and Hamilton College. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1848, and commenced practice in Syracuse, New York.{{Cite web|title=Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=S000221|access-date=2021-08-25|website=bioguideretro.congress.gov}}
Career
Sedgwick was elected as a Republican to the 36th and 37th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1863. He was chairman of the United States House Committee on Naval Affairs during the 37th Congress.{{Cite book|last=Reiff|first=Daniel D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qrvTy1hj0vIC&dq=Charles+B.+Sedgwick+new+york+google+books&pg=PA61|title=Houses from Books: Treatises, Pattern Books, and Catalogs in American Architecture, 1738-1950: A History and Guide|date=2010-11-01|publisher=Penn State Press|isbn=978-0-271-04419-4|language=en}}
He engaged for the next two years in codifying naval laws for the United States Department of the Navy at Washington, D.C., and then resumed the practice of law in Syracuse.
On April 19, 1865, Sedgwick performed a eulogy at Hanover Square after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.{{Cite web|date=2016-04-19|title=Eulogy for President Abraham Lincoln held in Hanover Square|url=https://www.cnyhistory.org/2016/04/lincoln-eulogy-syracuse/|access-date=2021-08-25|website=Onondaga Historical Association|language=en-US}}
Personal life
State Senator Henry J. Sedgwick (1812–1868) was his brother. He died February 3, 1883.
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Category:People of New York (state) in the American Civil War
Category:Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York)
Category:Politicians from Syracuse, New York
Category:Hamilton College (New York) alumni
Category:Lawyers from Syracuse, New York
Category:19th-century American lawyers
Category:19th-century New York (state) politicians
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives