Shepperd, Augustus H – Sherman, Henry
Shepperd, Augustus H
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in Surry county, N. C. He served in the house of commons of North Carolina from 1822 to 1826; and was a representative in congress from 1829 to 1839, from 1841 to 1843, and again from 1847 to 1851.
Sherburn, Joel Osman
clergyman, legislator, was born Nov. 21, 1845, in Plainfield, Vt. For twenty-five years he has been a clergyman and presiding elder in the Vermont conference; now fills a pastorate in Williamstown, Vt.; and in 1882 he represented the town of Rochester in the Vermont state legislature.
Sherburne, John Henry
author, was born in 1794 in Portsmouth, N. H.
He was a register of the navy in Washington; and the author of Osceola, a tragedy; Erratic Poems; Life of John Paul Jones; The Tourist's Guide in Europe; and A Suppressed History of the Administration of John Adams. He died in 1850 in Europe.
Sherburne, John Samuel
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1757 in Portsmouth, N. H. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1793 to 1797; and was United States district attorney in 1803; and judge of the United States district court from 1803 to 1830. He died Aug. 2, 1830, in Portsmouth, N. H.
Sherburne, Moses
lawyer, jurist.
He was an early emigrant to Minnesota; and in 1853 was appointed an associate justice of the United States court for Minnesota.
Sheredine, Upton
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1791 to 1793.
Sheridan, Philip Henry
soldier, author, was born March 6, 1831, in Albany, N. Y. In 1853 he graduated from the United States Military academy.
During the civil war he attained high rank as a soldier; and for his gallantry was made a majorgeneral in the United States regular army, in President Lincoln's words: For the personal gallantry, military skill, and just confidence in the courage and gallantry of your troops, displayed by you at Cedar Run, whereby, under the blessing of Providence, your routed army was reorganized, a great national disaster averted, and a brilliant victory achieved over the rebels for the third time in pitched battle within thirty days. In 1883 he became general-in-chief of the regular army. He died Aug. 5, 1888, in Nonquitt, Mass.; and the same year his Personal Memoirs were published.
Sheridan, William E
actor, was born June 1, 1839, in Boston, Mass. He attained a national reputation through the world as a successful tragedian. He died May 31, 1887.
Sherman, Adrian C
legislator, was born March 20, 1846, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. He served as a soldier for five years during the civil war; and for four years he was a member of the Kansas state legislature.
Sherman, Anthony S
railroad manager, financier, was born July 1, 1852, in Newport, R. I. For a quarter of a century he has been secretary and treasurer of the Newport and Wickford railroad,
Sherman, Buren Robinson
soldier, lawyer, jurist, governor, was born May 28, 1836, in Phelps, N. Y. He received his education in the Union school of his native city, and the academy of Elmira, N. Y.. During the war he served as captain in the thirteenth regiment Iowa volunteer infantry, and was severely wounded at the battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. He moved to Iowa in 1855, first to Tama county, thence in 1859 to Benton, where he resided at the time of his election as governor in 1881. He served with distinction as governor of Iowa; was re-elected and served until 1885. For several years he was a clerk of the district court of Benton county; then served as county judge; and for three terms during 1875-80 he was auditor of the state of Iowa; stepping directly from that position into the executive chair.
His knowledge of the law, and his public services to the state admirably qualified him for the position of governor; and he was always found to be equal to great emergencies.
Sherman, Charles Taylor
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Feb. 3, 1811, in Norwalk, Conn. In 1866 he became one of the first government directors of the Union Pacific Railroad company; and in 1867 was appointed United States district judge for the northern district of Ohio.
He died Jan. 1, 1879, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Sherman, Edwin Allen
lawyer, was born Oct. 20, 1873, in Seattle, Wash.
He received a thorough education in the public schools of Oakland, Cal.; and in private academies. He has attained success in the profession of law; is legal adviser for numerous corporations, political combinations, and fraternal organizations.
He has filled various offices in bar associations and clubs; and although offered several important political positions has steadfastly declined in order to give his entire time to his professional duties.
Sherman, Elijah B
lawyer, legislator, was born June 18, 1832, in Fairfield, Vt. In 1876 he was elected a representative to the Illinois legislature and was re-elected in 1878; and in 1879 he was appointed one of the masters in chancery of the court of the United States.
Sherman, Elmer Emmett
educator, physician, surgeon, was born Feb. 7, 1861, in Fountain Green, Ill. He attended Howe's academy of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; the Laharpe seminary, Illinois; the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Keokuk, Iowa; and the Illinois Medical college of Chicago. For many years he was a teacher in graded and country schools, and actively engaged in institute work. He has always taken great interest in Sunday school work; has been president of several religious and literary societies, and furnished written work for conventions.
Sherman, Frank Dempster
educator, author, was born in 1860 in New York city. He is a lyrist of New York city; adjunct professor of architecture at Columbia college; and the author of Madrigals and Catches; Lyrics for a Lute; Little-Folk Lyrics; and New Waggings of Old Tales. ernmental History of the United States;: and Slavery in the United States. He died March 28, 1879, in Washington, D. C.
Sherman, J. W
congressman, was born in New York. He was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-fifth congress.
Sherman, James Schoolcraft
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 24, 1855, in Utica, N. Y. He received an academic and collegiate education,.. graduating from Hamilton college in the class of 1878; and was admitted to the bar in 1880, becoming a member of the firm of Cookinham and Sherman.
He was elected mayor of Utica, N.
Y., in 1884, as a re-- publican, receiving a substantial majority in a democratic city.
He was chairman of the republican state convention in Saratoga in 1895; and was. elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first, fiftythird, fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth gresses as a republican. con-
Sherman, John
clergyman, author, was born in 1772 in New Haven, Conn.
He was a unitarian clergyman of Trenton Falls, N. Y., where he conducted an academy. From 1797 to 1805 he was a congregational minister at Mansfield, Conn., but resigned his charge on account of his becoming a unitarian. He was the author of One God in One Person Only, the first noteworthy defense of unitarianism in America; Philosophy of Language Illustrated; and A Description of Trenton Falls. He died Aug. 2, 1828, in Trenton Falls, N. Y.
Sherman, John
lawyer, statesman, was born May 10, 1823, in Lancaster, Ohio. He is of Anglo-Saxon ancestry.
He received an aca-- demic education; studied law, and was admitted to the bar- May 11, 1844. He was a delegate in the national whig conventions of 1848 and 1852, and presided over the first republican convention in Ohio in 1855. He was a representative in the thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh congresses, and was the republican candidate for speaker in the winter of 1859-60. He was elected to the United States senate in March, 1861, and re-elected in 1866 and 1872. He was appointed secretary of the treasury in March, 1877, and served as such during President Hayes' administration; was again elected to the United States senate in 1880, and was re-elected in 1886 and 1892. He was president of the senate from 1885 till 1887; and resigned his seat in the senate to accept the position of secretary of state in President McKinley's cabinet. He is the author of Recollections of Forty Years in the House,.
Senate and Cabinet; and Selected Speeches; and Reports on Taxation, 1859-78.
Sherman, Robert Minot
lawyer,. jurist, state senator, was born May 22, 1773, in Woburn, Mass. He was a member of the Connecticut general assembly in 1798; and was a member of the state senate from 1814 to 1818. He was a judge of the superior court and the supreme court of errors from 1840 to 1842. He died Dec.
Sherman, Henry
lawyer, author, was born March 6, 1808, in Albany, N. Y.
He was a Hartford lawyer, author of An Analytical Digest of the Laws of Marine Insurance to the Present Time; The Gov-30, 1844, in Fairfield, Conn.