Sperry, Nehemiah D
was born July 10, 1827, in Woodbridge, Conn. He was elected a member of the common council in 1853; in 1854 was elected an alderman of the city; and was elected selectman of the town of New Haven in 1853. He was elected secretary of state in 1855; and was reelected in 1856. He was nominated postmaster in 1861 and continued in office until the first election of Grover Cleveland. He was nominated for postmaster and served until the re-election of President Cleveland, making in all twenty-eight years and two months. He was appointed a member of the commission to visit England, Ger many, and France to look into their system of postoffices, but declined service. He was president of the chamber of commerce of New Haven; was bondsman for building the Monitor; and was elected to the fifty-fourth congress and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress. as a republican.