Person:John Sherman (97)
John Sherman
b.10 May 1823 Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States
d.22 Oct 1900 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 8 May 1810
  1. Charles Taylor Sherman1811 - 1879
  2. Mary Elizabeth Sherman1812 - 1900
  3. James Sherman1813 - 1864
  4. Amelia Sherman1816 - 1862
  5. Julia Ann Sherman1818 - 1842
  6. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman1820 - 1891
  7. Lampson Parker Sherman1821 - 1900
  8. John Sherman1823 - 1900
  9. Susan Denman Sherman1825 - 1876
  10. Hoyt Sherman1827 - 1904
  11. Frances Beecher Sherman1829 - 1889
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John Sherman1823 - 1900
  • W.  Margaret Stewart (add)
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Facts and Events
Name John Sherman
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 May 1823 Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States
Marriage to Margaret Stewart (add)
Death[1] 22 Oct 1900 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Burial[2] Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States
Reference Number? Q445392?


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John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was a politician from Lancaster, Ohio during the American Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He also served as Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State. Sherman sought the Republican presidential nomination three times, coming closest in 1888, but was never chosen by the party.

Born in Lancaster, Ohio, Sherman later moved to Mansfield, Ohio where he began a law career before entering politics. Initially a Whig, Sherman was among those anti-slavery activists who formed what became the Republican Party. He served three terms in the House of Representatives. As a member of the House, Sherman traveled to Kansas to investigate the unrest between pro- and anti-slavery partisans there. He rose in party leadership and was nearly elected Speaker in 1859. Sherman was elected to the Senate in 1861. As a senator, he was a leader in financial matters, helping to redesign the United States' monetary system to meet the needs of a nation torn apart by civil war. He also served as the Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee during his 32 years in the Senate. After the war, he worked to produce legislation that would restore the nation's credit abroad and produce a stable, gold-backed currency at home.

Serving as Secretary of the Treasury in the administration of Rutherford B. Hayes, Sherman continued his efforts for financial stability and solvency, overseeing an end to wartime inflationary measures and a return to gold-backed money. He returned to the Senate after his term expired, serving there for a further sixteen years. During that time he continued his work on financial legislation, as well as writing and debating laws on immigration, business competition law, and the regulation of interstate commerce. Sherman was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison. In 1897, President William McKinley appointed him Secretary of State. Failing health and declining faculties made him unable to handle the burdens of the job, and he retired in 1898 at the start of the Spanish–American War. Sherman died at his home in Washington, D.C. in 1900 at age 77.

His brothers included General William Tecumseh Sherman; Charles Taylor Sherman, a federal judge in Ohio; and Hoyt Sherman, an Iowa banker.

John Sherman's entry at Ohio History Central.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Sherman (Ohio), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ Find A Grave.

    John Sherman's memorial page

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