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Joseph Sewall, born 1921 in Old Town, Maine, son of James W. and Louise Gray Sewall, was a 4-term President of the Maine Senate, which made him the longest serving President in Maine history.[1] He was also President of James W. Sewall Co., an international forest engineering firm in Old Town, where he had been a City Councillor and Mayor. After leaving the Senate in 1982 he was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Maine Maritime Academy by Governor Brennan. Not long after his appointment, he was elected Chairman, a post he held for 20 years. He was also appointed a U.S. Commissioner of the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Joint Commission and a Member of the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense by President Reagan and re-appointments by President G.H.W. Bush. Among the other members of that Commission were Adm. Jeremiah Denton (Ret.) and Adm. James Holloway III (Ret.). His great grandfather, George P. Sewall, was Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives. Sewall continues to promote the expansion of Canadian-American relations.

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  1. ^ "Presidents of the Maine Senate : Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library". www.state.me.us. Retrieved 2010-02-04.


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