Aaron Ashley Flowers Seawell (1864–1950) was a North Carolina politician and jurist. The son of A. A. F. and Jeannette L. (Buie) Seawell, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...

 in 1884 and later studied law there.

He was elected to represent first Moore County

Moore County, North Carolina

Moore County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 74,769. Its county seat is Carthage.- History :The county was formed in 1784 from Cumberland County...

 and then Lee County

Lee County, North Carolina

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 49,040 people, 18,466 households, and 13,369 families residing in the county. The population density was 191 people per square mile . There were 19,909 housing units at an average density of 77 per square mile...

 in the North Carolina General Assembly

North Carolina General Assembly

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 for several (not continuous) terms from 1901 to 1931. Seawell was elected North Carolina Attorney General

North Carolina attorney general

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 and served from 1935 to 1938, when he was appointed to the North Carolina Supreme Court

North Carolina Supreme Court

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.

His son, Malcolm B. Seawell, followed in his footsteps as state Attorney General from 1958 to 1960. Another son, Donald Seawell

Donald Seawell

Donald R. Seawell was born in Jonesboro, North Carolina. His father was Aaron A. F. Seawell, a Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, and UNC Law School. In 1941 he married Broadway actress, Eugenia Rawls, who played Tallulah Bankhead's...

, was an attorney, Broadway producer, and Publisher of The Denver Post

The Denver Post

-Ownership:The Post is the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc., founded in 1983 by William Dean Singleton and Richard Scudder. MediaNews is today one of the nation's largest newspaper chains, publisher of 61 daily newspapers and more than 120 non-daily publications in 13 states. MediaNews...

, before founding The Denver Center for the Performing Arts

Denver Center for the Performing Arts

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. Seawell Elementary School http://www2.chccs.k12.nc.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=15 in Chapel Hill was named in honor of his daughter Elizabeth Seawell, who taught there for several decades.

Malcolm's son (Aaron's grandson), Buie Seawell

Buie Seawell

Buie Seawell is a professor at the University of Denver. He is also an attorney, and former Colorado Democratic Party chair...

, moved to Colorado

Colorado

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 and became chairman of the state Democratic Party.