William Joyce Sewell
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Died when: 66 years 21 days (792 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
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William Joyce Sewell (December 6, 1835 – December 27, 1901) was an Irish-American Republican Party politician, merchant, and military officer who served as a U.S.
Senator from New Jersey for two non-consecutive terms from 1881 to 1887 and 1895 until his death in 1901.Sewell was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland.
He immigrated to the United States in 1851 where he worked in the merchant industry in Chicago, Illinois before moving to Camden, New Jersey in 1860.
He served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, receiving the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
He was also a postbellum state senator and U.S.Senator.The community of Sewell, New Jersey is named for him.
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