The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Sherman (original) (raw)

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| | SHERMAN: See also Llewelyn Sherman Adams —Roger Sherman Baldwin —George Washington Blanchard —Alexander Campbell Botkin —Clark Burdick —Joseph Peleg Burlingame —Daniel Hudson Burnham —Sherman Day —Granville Elijah Dunning —William Maxwell Evarts —Nathan B. Fairchild —George Winthrop Fairchild —Samuel L. Fein —Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen —Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar —George Frisbie Hoar —Gardner Howe —Stuart Douglas Lansing —Lydia Lowell-Sherman —John Abner Mead —Frederick Charles Odgers —William Merritt Osband —George Frederick Seward —Lowell Sours —Oscar Durland Tuthill —William Franklin Walker | | | 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| | | Sherman, A. D. — of Long Branch, Monmouth County, N.J. Postmaster at Long Branch City, N.J., 1901. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, A. Outram See Arthur Outram Sherman | | | | Sherman, Abiel — of Dutchess County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County, 1816-17. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Albert A. — of Coldwater, Branch County, Mich. Democrat. Mayor of Coldwater, Mich., 1896-98, 1909-11. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Albert V. W. (born c.1859) — of West Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., about 1859. Republican. Commercial traveler; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from West Hartford, 1911-12. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Alfred — of Canton, Lincoln County, S.Dak. Member of South Dakota state house of representatives 5th District, 1891-92. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Alice E. G. — of Moorestown, Burlington County, N.J. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924.Female. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Alpheus — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1826-28; member of New York state senate 1st District, 1830-33. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Alson Smith(1811-1903) — also known as Alson Sherman — of Illinois. Born April 21, 1811.Mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1844. Died September 22, 1903 (age 92 years, 154 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Waukegan, Ill. | | | | Sherman, Alvah — of Essex County, N.J. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1845-46. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Anthony — of Minnesota. Born in Minnesota. U.S. Vice Consul in Rio Grande do Sul, as of 1917; Porto Alegre, 1918; Guadalajara, as of 1920, as of 1922-24. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Arthur A. — of Portsmouth, Newport County, R.I. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1924. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Arthur G. — of Michigan. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1946, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Arthur Outram (b. 1864) — also known as A. Outram Sherman — of Rye, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn., August 20, 1864. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 25th District, 1918, 1920, 1924. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Asa S. — of Durhamville, Oneida County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Oneida County 3rd District, 1863. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Benjamin — of Dutchess County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County, 1821-22. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Brad See Bradley J. Sherman | | | | Sherman, Bradley J. (b. 1954) — also known as Brad Sherman — of Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 24, 1954. Democrat. Lawyer; accountant; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1996,2000,2004,2008;U.S. Representative from California, 1997-2008 (24th District 1997-2003, 27th District 2003-08).Jewish. Still living as of 2014. | | | | Sherman, Buren Robinson(1836-1904) — of Iowa. Born in Phelps, Ontario County, N.Y., May 28, 1836. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Iowa state auditor, 1875-81; Governor of Iowa, 1882-86. Member, Freemasons. Died November 4, 1904 (age 68 years, 160 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton, Iowa. | | | | Sherman, Caleb — of California. Member of California state assembly 3rd District, 1877-80. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Carl(c.1891-1956) — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Olmütz, Austria (now Olomouc, Czechia), about 1891. Democrat. New York state attorney general, 1923-24; defeated, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1924,1948(alternate), 1956; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1942; treasurer of New York Democratic Party, 1945-50.Jewish. Member, American Bar Association; American Jewish Congress. Died in Larchmont, Westchester County, N.Y., July 17, 1956 (age about 65 years). Interment at Cedar Park Cemetery, Paramus, N.J. | | | Sherman, Carl — of Akron, Tuscola County, Mich. Democrat. Farmer; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Carrie Babcock(1856-1931) — also known as Carrie Babcock — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., November 16, 1856.Second Lady of the United States, 1909-12.Female. Died in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., October 6, 1931 (age 74 years, 324 days). Entombed at Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y. | | | | Sherman, Charles — of Kern County, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1880. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Charles — of Jefferson County, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for New York state assembly from Jefferson County, 1924. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Charles Robert(1788-1829) — of New Lancaster (now Lancaster), Fairfield County, Ohio. Born in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., September 17, 1788.Lawyer;justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1823-29; died in office 1829. Died in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, June 24, 1829 (age 40 years, 280 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio. Relatives: Son of Taylor Sherman and Elizabeth (Stoddard) Sherman; married, May 8, 1810, to Mary Hoyt; father of Charles Taylor Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman and John Sherman; grandfather of Mary Hoyt Sherman (who married Nelson Appleton Miles); fifth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; second cousin once removed of Phineas Taylor Barnum; second cousin twice removed of Pierpont Edwards, Aaron Burr, Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard and Blanche M. Woodward; second cousin thrice removed of Louis Ezekiel Stoddard; third cousin once removed of John Davenport, James Davenport, Theodore Dwight, Henry Waggaman Edwards, Philo Fairchild Barnum and Andrew Gould Chatfield; third cousin twice removed of Chauncey Goodrich, Elizur Goodrich and Chauncey Mitchell Depew; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Huntington; fourth cousin of Theodore Davenport and David Lowrey Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Gershom Birdsey, Morris Woodruff, Benjamin Hard, Gideon Hard, James Samuel Wadsworth, Alfred Peck Edgerton, John Appleton, Joseph Ketchum Edgerton, Joseph Pomeroy Root, Bushrod Ebenezer Hoppin, Caleb Seymour Pitkin and Edward Williams Hooker. Political families: Otis family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). See also Find-A-Grave memorial | | | | Sherman, Charles Taylor(1811-1879) — also known as Charles T. Sherman — of Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. Born in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., February 3, 1811. Whig. Delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio, 1839; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, 1867-72; resigned 1872. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, January 1, 1879 (age 67 years, 332 days). Burial location unknown. Relatives: Son of Mary (Hoyt) Sherman and Charles Robert Sherman; brother of William Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman and John Sherman; married, February 2, 1841, to Eliza Jane Williams; father of Mary Hoyt Sherman (who married Nelson Appleton Miles); sixth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; second cousin of David Munson Osborne; second cousin once removed of Thomas Mott Osborne; second cousin twice removed of Charles Devens Osborne and Lithgow Osborne; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont Edwards and Aaron Burr; third cousin of Phineas Taylor Barnum; third cousin once removed of Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard and Blanche M. Woodward; third cousin twice removed of John Davenport, James Davenport, Theodore Dwight, Henry Waggaman Edwards, Ira Yale, Louis Ezekiel Stoddard and Asbury Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan Brace, Chauncey Goodrich and Elizur Goodrich; fourth cousin of Philo Fairchild Barnum, Andrew Gould Chatfield, Henry Jarvis Raymond and Edwin Olmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Yale, Theodore Davenport, David Lowrey Seymour, Chauncey Mitchell Depew, Fred Lockwood Keeler and Thomas McKeen Chidsey. Political families: Otis family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). See also federal judicial profile — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges | | | | Sherman, D. C. — of Eustis, Lake County, Fla. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1928. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, D. Warren — of Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,1932,1944,1956;chair of Lafayette County Republican Party, 1949; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Daniel J. — of Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio. Democrat. Postmaster at Ashtabula, Ohio, 1886-90. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Daniel R. — Libertarian. Candidate for U.S. Representative from California 36th District, 2000. Still living as of 2000. | | | | Sherman, David — of Everett, Snohomish County, Wash. Candidate for mayor of Everett, Wash., 2001. Still living as of 2001. | | | | Sherman, Donald Tuck (b. 1901) — of East Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Antwerp, Belgium, of American parents, December 17, 1901. U.S. Vice Consul in Ghent, as of 1926-29. Died in Brussels, Belgium. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, E. A. See Edwin Alonzo Sherman | | | | Sherman, E. W. — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1924. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Earl L. — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1964. Still living as of 1964. | | | | Sherman, Edgar J. — of Lawrence, Essex County, Mass. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Massachusetts state attorney general, 1883-87; resigned 1887; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1905. Interment at Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Mass. | | | | Sherman, Edgar P. — of Colorado. Socialist. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1938, 1944, 1944, 1946; candidate for U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1942. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Edward A. — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1920; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Edwin — of Chautauqua County, N.Y. Communist. Candidate for New York state assembly from Chautauqua County 1st District, 1934. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Edwin Alonzo(1844-1916) — also known as E. A. Sherman — of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, S.Dak. Born in Wayland, Middlesex County, Mass., June 19, 1844. Republican. Treasurer of Dakota Territory, 1871-74; Dakota territorial auditor, 1879-81; member of South Dakota state house of representatives 10th District, 1911-12. Died June 13, 1916 (age 71 years, 360 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, S.Dak. | | | | Sherman, Elizabeth Moyle — also known as Elizabeth M. Sherman — Prohibition candidate for Pennsylvania secretary of internal affairs, 1926; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; Prohibition candidate for Pennsylvania state treasurer, 1932.Female. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Elta — of Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich. Member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1927. Female. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Eugene B. — of Nebraska; Boise, Ada County, Idaho; California.School teacher; superintendent of schools; lumber business; mayor of Boise, Idaho, 1921-25. Burial location unknown. _Image source:_City of Boise | | | Sherman, Francis Cornwall(1805-1870) — also known as Francis C. Sherman — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Newtown, Fairfield County, Conn., September 18, 1805. Democrat. Brick manufacturer; hotel owner; mayor of Chicago, Ill., 1841-42, 1862-65; defeated, 1865; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention from Cook County, 1847; candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1862.Methodist. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., November 7, 1870 (age 65 years, 50 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | | | Sherman, Francis T. — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Republican. Postmaster at Chicago, Ill., 1867-69. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Frank A. — of Wayne County, Mich. Candidate in Republican primary for Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District, 1930; candidate in Democratic primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1940. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Frank G. — of Oneonta, Otsego County, N.Y. Republican. Postmaster at Oneonta, N.Y., 1921-34; member of New York state assembly from Otsego County, 1935-36. Burial location unknown. _Image source:_New York Red Book 1936 | | | Sherman, Fred — of Deming, Luna County, N.M. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1924. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Fred D. — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1924. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Frederick C. — of San Diego, San Diego County, Calif. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, George — of Southfield Township (now Southfield), Oakland County, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for supervisor of Southfield Township, Michigan, 1904, 1905. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, George A. — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County 6th District, 1961. Still living as of 1961. | | | | Sherman, George Corlis(1799-1863) — also known as George C. Sherman — of Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., December 14, 1799.Lawyer; member of New York state senate 5th District, 1844-45. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., April 23, 1863 (age 63 years, 130 days). Interment at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y. | | | | Sherman, George Henry (b. 1858) — also known as George H. Sherman — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio, May 23, 1858.Physician; Populist candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1893; Socialist candidate for secretary of state of Michigan, 1910; Socialist candidate for University of Michigan board of regents, 1911; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Member, American Medical Association. Burial location unknown. Relatives: Son of Andrew Sherman and Eva (Walter) Sherman; married, February 16, 1886, to Matilda Huegli. | | | | Sherman, George J. — of West Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from West Hartford, 1942. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Guy — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for New York state assembly from Erie County 3rd District, 1930, 1932. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Harry Tuck(1866-1941) — of Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine. Born in Bucksport, Hancock County, Maine, August 13, 1866. U.S. Deputy Consul General in Antwerp, 1901-07; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Antwerp, 1907-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Antwerp, 1916-32; Ghent, 1932. Died, in Orange Memorial Hospital, Orange, Essex County, N.J., March 5, 1941 (age 74 years, 204 days). Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Harvey A. — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Republican. Secretary of Michigan Republican Party, 1899. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Harvey W. — Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1970. Still living as of 1970. | | | | Sherman, Henry L. — of Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y. Postmaster at Glens Falls, N.Y., 1925-28. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Henry L. — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Democrat. Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1933; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 1st Department, 1933. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Homer F. — of Monroe, Fairfield County, Conn. Republican. Candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Monroe, 1912. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Howard — of Rutland, Rutland County, Vt. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Vermont, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Howland R. — of Dutchess County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County 2nd District, 1851. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Hoyt — of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Whig. Postmaster at Des Moines, Iowa, 1849-53. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Ida H. — of Pawtucket, Providence County, R.I. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1928.Female. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Ira E. — of Delaware County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Delaware County 1st District, 1865-66. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Isaac, Jr.(1800-1849) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in November, 1800. Whig. Harness and saddle business; mayor of Bridgeport, Conn., 1836-37; postmaster at Bridgeport, Conn., 1841-45. Died, from cholera, in Freeport, Stephenson County, Ill., May 22, 1849 (age 48 years, 0 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn. | | | | Sherman, Isaac — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1856. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Isaac — of East Thompson, Thompson, Windham County, Conn. Postmaster at East Thompson, Conn., 1867-86. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, J. C. — of Menominee, Menominee County, Mich. Republican. Postmaster at Menominee, Mich., 1881-83. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, J. F. — of Wahoo, Saunders County, Neb. Postmaster at Wahoo, Neb., 1897. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, J. W. — of Adel, Dallas County, Iowa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1856(member, Credentials Committee). Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, J. Weaver See John Weaver Sherman | | | | Sherman, Jack — of Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1960. Still living as of 1960. | | | | Sherman, Jack Tuck (died c.1976) — also known as Jack T. Sherman — U.S. Vice Consul in Berne, as of 1927-43. Died in Haverford, Delaware County, Pa., about 1976. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, James E. — of Marquette, Marquette County, Mich.Mayor of Marquette, Mich., 1897. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, James Schoolcraft(1855-1912) — also known as James S. Sherman; "Sunny Jim" — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., October 24, 1855. Republican. Mayor of Utica, N.Y., 1884-86; U.S. Representative from New York, 1887-91, 1893-1909 (23rd District 1887-91, 25th District 1893-1903, 27th District 1903-09); defeated, 1890; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1892;Vice President of the United States, 1909-12; died in office 1912.Christian Reformed. Died in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., October 30, 1912 (age 57 years, 6 days). Entombed at Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y. | | | | Sherman, James T. — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1860. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Jay Haziel — of Vermont. Born in New York. U.S. Consul in Charlottetown, 1861-65. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Jefferson — of Wayne County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Wayne County 2nd District, 1879-80. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, John (1823-1900) — also known as "The Ohio Icicle" — of Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, May 10, 1823. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 13th District, 1855-61; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1861-77, 1881-97; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-81; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1880,1884,1888;U.S. Secretary of State, 1897-98.Methodist. Died in Washington, D.C., October 22, 1900 (age 77 years, 165 days). Interment at Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Ohio. Relatives: Son of Mary (Hoyt) Sherman and Charles Robert Sherman; brother of Charles Taylor Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman and Lampson Parker Sherman; married, August 31, 1848, to Margaret Sarah Cecilia Stewart; uncle of Mary Hoyt Sherman (who married Nelson Appleton Miles); sixth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; second cousin of David Munson Osborne; second cousin once removed of Thomas Mott Osborne; second cousin twice removed of Charles Devens Osborne and Lithgow Osborne; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont Edwards and Aaron Burr; third cousin of Phineas Taylor Barnum; third cousin once removed of Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard and Blanche M. Woodward; third cousin twice removed of John Davenport, James Davenport, Theodore Dwight, Henry Waggaman Edwards, Ira Yale, Louis Ezekiel Stoddard and Asbury Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan Brace, Chauncey Goodrich and Elizur Goodrich; fourth cousin of Philo Fairchild Barnum, Andrew Gould Chatfield, Henry Jarvis Raymond and Edwin Olmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Yale, Theodore Davenport, David Lowrey Seymour, Chauncey Mitchell Depew, Fred Lockwood Keeler and Thomas McKeen Chidsey. Political families: Otis family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). The World War II Liberty ship SS John Sherman (built 1943 at Richmond, California; sold 1947; scrapped 1967) was named for him. See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896) | | | Sherman, John — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota,1996; member, Rules Committee, 2008. Still living as of 2008. | | | | Sherman, John A. — of Ludington, Mason County, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1912; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1913. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, John L. — of West Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Republican. Warden (borough president) of West Haven, Connecticut, 1910; member ofConnecticut state house of representatives from Orange; elected 1912; first selectman of Orange, Connecticut, 1919-21. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, John Weaver — also known as J. Weaver Sherman — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Socialist. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1900 (9th District), 1902 (10th District); Democratic Socialist candidate for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1901; candidate for Massachusetts state attorney general, 1904, 1905; candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1922. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Joseph — of Marshfield, Plymouth County, Mass. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives Second Plymouth District, 1905. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Judson W.(1808-1881) — of New York. Born in New York, 1808. Republican. U.S. Representative from New York 30th District, 1857-59. Died in 1881(age about 73 years). Interment at Until the Day Dawn Cemetery, Angelica, N.Y. | | | | Sherman, Julia — of Madison, Dane County, Wis. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin,1976.Female. Still living as of 1976. | | | | Sherman, Kenneth E. — of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980. Still living as of 1980. | | | | Sherman, Kenneth E. — of Hamilton, Ontario. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Democrats Abroad, 2008. Still living as of 2008. | | | | Sherman, Laban S. — Member of Ohio state senate 24th District, 1852-55. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Lampson Parker(1821-1900) — also known as Lampson P. Sherman — of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Born in New Lancaster (now Lancaster), Fairfield County, Ohio, October 13, 1821. Republican. Printer;newspaper publisher; merchant;mayor of Des Moines, Iowa, 1854-55; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 5th Iowa District, 1867-79. Died in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, November 21, 1900 (age 79 years, 39 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa. Relatives: Son of Mary (Hoyt) Sherman and Charles Robert Sherman; brother of Charles Taylor Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman and John Sherman; married, April 19, 1845, to Mary Getchell; married, December 31, 1851, to Susan Rebecca Lawson; uncle of Mary Hoyt Sherman (who married Nelson Appleton Miles); sixth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; second cousin of David Munson Osborne; second cousin once removed of Thomas Mott Osborne; second cousin twice removed of Charles Devens Osborne and Lithgow Osborne; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont Edwards and Aaron Burr; third cousin of Phineas Taylor Barnum; third cousin once removed of Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard and Blanche M. Woodward; third cousin twice removed of John Davenport, James Davenport, Theodore Dwight, Henry Waggaman Edwards, Ira Yale, Louis Ezekiel Stoddard and Asbury Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan Brace, Chauncey Goodrich and Elizur Goodrich; fourth cousin of Philo Fairchild Barnum, Andrew Gould Chatfield, Henry Jarvis Raymond and Edwin Olmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Yale, Theodore Davenport, David Lowrey Seymour, Chauncey Mitchell Depew, Fred Lockwood Keeler and Thomas McKeen Chidsey. Political families: Otis family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). See also Find-A-Grave memorial | | | | Sherman, Lane — of Northridge, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for California; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 2004. Still living as of 2004. | | | | Sherman, Laurence R. — of Massachusetts. Candidate in primary for mayor of Boston, Mass., 1979. Still living as of 1979. | | | | Sherman, Lawrence S. — of Pelham Manor, Westchester County, N.Y. Republican. Mayor of Pelham Manor, N.Y.; elected 1931. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Lawrence Yates(1858-1939) — also known as Lawrence Y. Sherman — of Macomb, McDonough County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill.; Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla. Born near Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, November 8, 1858. Republican. County judge in Illinois, 1886-90; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1897-1905; Speaker of the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1899-1903; Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1912,1920,1924;U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1913-21; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1916; member of Republican National Committee from Illinois, 1916-24; delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1928(member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee). Member, Freemasons. Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Fla., September 15, 1939 (age 80 years, 311 days). Interment at Montrose Cemetery, Montrose, Ill. | | | | Sherman, Lea — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Female. Still living as of 1988. | | | | Sherman, Lea — Independent candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas 29th District, 1998. Still living as of 1998. | | | | Sherman, Lee C. — of Marshall, Calhoun County, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1952. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Leslie G. — of Mineral County, W.Va. Democrat. Candidate for West Virginia state house of delegates from Mineral County, 1954, 1956, 1960. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Lewis B. — of Oneida County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Oneida County 2nd District, 1885. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Loren A. — of Port Huron, St. Clair County, Mich. Postmaster at Port Huron, Mich., 1901; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 7th District, 1912. Interment at Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, Mich. | | | | Sherman, Luther E. — of Bessemer, Gogebic County, Mich. Republican. Postmaster at Bessemer, Mich., 1907-15. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Martha — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964.Female. Still living as of 1964. | | | | Sherman, Mathew — of San Diego, San Diego County, Calif. Republican. Mayor of San Diego, Calif., 1891-93. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Max — of Amarillo, Potter County, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972. Still living as of 1972. | | | | Sherman, Monroe — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut. Member, John Birch Society. Still living as of 1968. | | | | Sherman, Norman — of Abilene, Dickinson County, Kan. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Outram See Arthur Outram Sherman | | | | Sherman, P. T. — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1896. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Philip — of Somerville, Middlesex County, Mass. Republican. Candidate for mayor of Somerville, Mass., 1937. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, R. E. — of El Paso, El Paso County, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1928;mayor of El Paso, Tex., 1931-37. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Raymond F. — of Madison, Jefferson County, Ind. Republican. Candidate for mayor of Madison, Ind., 1963. Still living as of 1963. | | | | Sherman, Richard J. — of Saratoga, Saratoga County, N.Y. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Saratoga County, 1938-45. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Richard Updike(1819-1895) — also known as Richard U. Sherman — of New Hartford, Oneida County, N.Y. Born in Vernon, Oneida County, N.Y., June 26, 1819.Newspaper publisher; member of New York state assembly from Oneida County 1st District, 1857, 1875-76; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1867. Died in New Hartford, Oneida County, N.Y., February 21, 1895 (age 75 years, 240 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, N.Y. | | | | Sherman, Richard W. — Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 22nd District, 1872. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Richard W. (b. 1848) — of Utica, Oneida County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., December 4, 1848. Democrat. Civil engineer; mayor of Utica, N.Y., 1900-01, 1906-07; candidate for New York state engineer and surveyor, 1902. Member, American Society of Civil Engineers. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Robert A. — Natural Law candidate for U.S. Representative from California 52nd District, 2000. Still living as of 2000. | | | | Sherman, Rodney J. — of Irvine, Orange County, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1972. Still living as of 1972. | | | | Sherman, Roger(1721-1793) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., April 19, 1721. Superior court judge in Connecticut, 1766-89; Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774-81, 1783-84; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1776-85; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1777; mayor of New Haven, Conn., 1784-93; died in office 1793; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-91; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1791-93; died in office 1793.Congregationalist. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., July 23, 1793 (age 72 years, 95 days). Original interment at New Haven Green, New Haven, Conn.; reinterment in 1821 at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. Relatives: Son of Mehitable (Wellington) Sherman and William Sherman; married, November 17, 1749, to Elizabeth Hartwell; married, May 12, 1763, to Rebecca Prescott; father of Rebecca Sherman (who marriedSimeon Baldwin (1761-1851)), Elizabeth Sherman (who married Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851)) and Sarah Sherman (who married Samuel Hoar); grandfather of Roger Sherman Baldwin, Sherman Day, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, William Maxwell Evarts and George Frisbie Hoar; great-grandfather of Roger Sherman Greene, Simeon Eben Baldwin, Rockwood Hoar, Sherman Hoar, Maxwell Evarts and Arthur Outram Sherman; second great-grandfather of Henry Sherman Boutell, Edward Baldwin Whitney, Henry de Forest Baldwin, Thomas Day Thacher, Roger Sherman Greene II, Roger Sherman Hoar and Roger Kent; second great-granduncle of Chauncey Mitchell Depew and John Frederick Addis; third great-grandfather of Archibald Cox; third great-granduncle of John Stanley Addis; ancestor *** of George Sherman Batcheller; first cousin thrice removed of John Adams Dix; second cousin five times removed of Horace Bemis and Lorin Andrews Lathrop. Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy family of Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). The townof Sherman, Connecticut, is named for him. — The townand villageof Sherman, New York, are named for him. See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial | | | | Sherman, Roger M. — of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1814-17; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1825, 1838. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Roger Minott — Superior court judge in Connecticut, 1839-42. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Roy V. — of Akron, Summit County, Ohio. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Sam — of Westchester County, N.Y. Liberal. Candidate for New York state senate 31st District, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Samuel(1828-1901) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., June 2, 1828. Republican. Lawyer; accompanied the ailing Vice President-elect, William Rufus de Vane King, on his visit to Cuba in 1853; probate judge in Connecticut, 1873; candidate for Connecticut state senate 11th District, 1874. Member, Psi Upsilon. Died in Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn., October 22, 1901 (age 73 years, 142 days). Interment at Central Cemetery, Brookfield Center, Brookfield, Conn. | | | | Sherman, Schuyler A. — Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1906. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Shadrach — of Dutchess County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County, 1810-11. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Socrates Norton(1801-1873) — also known as Socrates N. Sherman — of Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, N.Y. Born in Barre, Washington County, Vt., July 22, 1801. Republican. Physician;U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1861-63; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at Ogdensburg, N.Y., 1872-73. Died in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., February 1, 1873 (age 71 years, 194 days). Interment at Ogdensburg Cemetery, Ogdensburg, N.Y. | | | | Sherman, Theodore — of East Detroit (now Eastpointe), Macomb County, Mich.Mayor of East Detroit, Mich., 1937-39. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Thomas F. — U.S. Vice Consul in Berlin, as of 1929; Sofia, as of 1931. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Thomas M. — of Essex County, N.J. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1956-57. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, W. A. — of Orange, Orange County, Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Walter — of Dutchess County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County, 1845, 1847. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Walter H. — of Livingston County, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for New York state assembly from Livingston County, 1915. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, Warren See D. Warren Sherman | | | | Sherman, Wayne — of Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2004. Still living as of 2004. | | | | Sherman, Weaver See John Weaver Sherman | | | | Sherman, William — Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, William A. — of Anchorage, Alaska. Democrat. Member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1925-26. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, William A. — of Connecticut. Socialist. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, William C. — Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 11th District, 1870. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, William C. H. — of Orange County, N.Y. Member of New York state assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1868. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, William G. — of North Scarborough, Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine. Postmaster at North Scarborough, Maine, 1901. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, William H. — of Buchanan County, Mo. Democrat. Member of Missouri state house of representatives from Buchanan County 4th District, 1907-10; defeated, 1928. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, William P. — of Trenton, Mercer County, N.J.Mayor of Trenton, N.J., 1855. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, William R. — of Macon, Macon County, Mo. Republican. Member of Missouri state house of representatives from Macon County; elected 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | | | Sherman, William Tecumseh(1820-1891) — Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, February 8, 1820. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Secretary of War, 1869. Member, Loyal Legion. In 1864, he led Union troops who attacked and burned Atlanta, Georgia. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1905. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 14, 1891 (age 71 years, 6 days). Interment at Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; statue at Grand Army Plaza, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Sherman Park, Washington, D.C. Relatives: Son of Mary (Hoyt) Sherman and Charles Robert Sherman; brother of Charles Taylor Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman and John Sherman; married, May 1, 1850, to Eleanor Boyle Ewing (daughter of Thomas Ewing); father of Eleanor M. Sherman (who married Alexander Montgomery Thackara); uncle of Mary Hoyt Sherman (who married Nelson Appleton Miles) and Elizabeth Sherman (who married James Donald Cameron); sixth great-grandson of Thomas Welles; second cousin of David Munson Osborne; second cousin once removed of Thomas Mott Osborne; second cousin twice removed of Charles Devens Osborne and Lithgow Osborne; second cousin thrice removed of Pierpont Edwards and Aaron Burr; third cousin of Phineas Taylor Barnum; third cousin once removed of Ezekiel Gilbert Stoddard and Blanche M. Woodward; third cousin twice removed of John Davenport, James Davenport, Theodore Dwight, Henry Waggaman Edwards, Ira Yale, Louis Ezekiel Stoddard and Asbury Elliott Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Jonathan Brace, Chauncey Goodrich and Elizur Goodrich; fourth cousin of Philo Fairchild Barnum, Andrew Gould Chatfield, Henry Jarvis Raymond and Edwin Olmstead Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Yale, Theodore Davenport, David Lowrey Seymour, Chauncey Mitchell Depew, Fred Lockwood Keeler and Thomas McKeen Chidsey. Political families: Otis family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). Sherman counties in Kan., Neb. and Ore. are named for him. The communityof Sherman, Michigan, is named for him. — MountSherman, in Lakeand Parkcounties, Colorado, is named for him. Politician named for him: W. T. S. Rath See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier Books about William T. Sherman: Stanley P. Hirshson, The White Tecumseh : A Biography of General William T. Sherman | | | | Sherman, William Watts(1842-1912) — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., August 4, 1842. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 22, 1912 (age 69 years, 171 days). Interment at Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I. | |