EX-GOV. SEWALL OF MAINE DIES
BATH, Maine—(AP) Ex-Gov.
Sumner Sewall, 67, a pioneer in American Commercial Aviation, died at his home Monday night.
A Republican, he was governor from 1941-45, later became president of American Overseas Airlines, and spent a year in Germany as U.S. military governor of Wuerttemberg-Baden.
Since 1948, when he tried in vain for nomination to the U.S. Senate, he had devoted himself primarily to business interests, principally the presidency of the Bath National Bank.
With Juan Trippe, who later founded Pan American Airways, Sewall helped organize Colonial Air Transport, the original Boston-New York passenger airline.
He subsequently became a director of United Airlines.
Sewall came from a wealthy family that built and operated sailing ships. One of his grandfathers, Arthur Sewall, was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1896.
The Bridgeport Post (Bridgeport, Connecticut) - Tuesday, January 26, 1965
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