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Bennett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/birdsall-biship.html#386.33.42">Isaac Washington Birdseye</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boe-boggess.html#587.31.65">Sherwood Louis Boehlert</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boude-bowe.html#642.53.22">Sherwood Hornsby Bowditch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bowerman-bowes.html#948.72.10">Sherwood G. Bowers</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/branch.html#600.47.27">Sherwood W. Branch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown8.html#322.41.96">Sherwood Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#385.61.34">Arthur Beebe Chapin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html#715.86.23">Wilfrid Barrett Chapman</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clippert-clynick.html#084.26.91">Sherwood Alonzo Clock</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cooper.html#820.02.47">Jesse Sherwood Cooper Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cummings.html#696.26.31">Sherwood C. Cummings</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilas-dills.html#100.73.53">Robert Sherwood Dillon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixon.html#234.13.43">Sherwood Dixon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixon.html#842.29.04">John Sherwood Dixon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dodge.html#920.10.42">Horace Elgin Dodge Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donovon-dorilus.html#290.90.54">Sherwood B. Doolittle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eddy.html#026.93.82">Sherwood Eddy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferris.html#277.49.19">Ezra Ferris</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferris.html#612.63.78">Abram Ferris</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleminster-flessland.html#662.97.19">Arthur Sherwood Flemming</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gordon.html#184.46.88">Sherwood Gordon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#158.84.48">Thomas Sherwood Haymond</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helme-hendershott.html#611.96.64">Lawton Thomas Hemans</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hendley-hendrick.html#120.92.94">Peter Aloysius Hendrick</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holt.html#425.24.90">Mary Sherwood Holt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hough.html#735.04.64">Sherwood Hough</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ingersoll.html#761.44.25">Laman Ingersoll</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson2.html#419.57.80">David Sherwood Jackson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lockyer-loftus.html#368.12.41">Sherwood R. Loe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#671.78.50">James L. Lowden</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merritt.html#487.70.11">Sherwood S. Merritt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborne.html#617.40.98">Thomas Burr Osborne</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pittsford-platzek.html#723.20.19">Edmund Platt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raymond.html#467.32.41">Sherwood Raymond</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seeley.html#031.90.81">Sherwood Seeley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spencer.html#060.13.62">Sherwood M. Spencer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sterling.html#516.63.25">Jesse Sterling</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sterling.html#526.29.83">Sherwood Sterling</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tansil-tatar.html#318.30.96">Sherwood J. Tarlow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/upjohn-upston.html#027.86.13">William Erastus Upjohn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wise.html#948.76.09">Sherwood Wise</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="959.72.81">Sherwood, A. F.</a> — of Derby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/derby.html#3">Derby, Conn.</a>, 1885. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="901.26.51">Sherwood, A. H.</a> — of Washington. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Washington</a>, 1902 (at-large), 1908 (1st District). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sherwood, A. J. See <a href="#651.77.11">Andrew Jackson Sherwood</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="708.34.25">Sherwood, Abel M.</a> — of New Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from New Fairfield, 1835. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="536.96.47">Sherwood, Addiel</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Washington County, 1784-85. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="169.19.53">Sherwood, Albert F.</a> — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/waterbury.html">mayor of Waterbury, Conn.</a>, 1913. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="649.08.29">Sherwood, Albert N.</a> — of Norwalk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Norwalk, 1904, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="268.85.26">Sherwood, Alexander</a> — of Kirksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AD-lived.html">Adair County</a>, Mo. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/kirksville.html#2">Kirksville, Mo.</a>, 1861-66. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="651.77.11">Sherwood, Andrew Jackson</a> (1871-1959) — also known as A. J. Sherwood — of Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ST-lived.html">Stoddard County</a>, Mo. Born in Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1871/07-26.html">July 26, 1871</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">dry goods merchant</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Stoddard County, 1933-38. Died in Dexter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ST-died.html">Stoddard County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/05-18.html">May 18, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 296 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ST-buried.html#cms01196">Dexter Cemetery</a>, Dexter, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John H. Sherwood and Saphrona Paralee (Collins) Sherwood; married to Pearle Benham.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18038067">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sherwood, Arthur See <a href="#906.86.91">James Arthur Sherwood</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="116.76.55">Sherwood, Arthur W.</a> — Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 4th District, 1954. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="881.99.19">Sherwood, Aubrey Howells</a> (1894-1987) — also known as Aubrey Sherwood — of De Smet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/KI-lived.html">Kingsbury County</a>, S.Dak. Born in De Smet, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/KI-born.html">Kingsbury County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/11-07.html">November 7, 1894</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/SD.html">1960</a>. Co-founder, Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/12-19.html">December 19, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 42 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/KI-buried.html# ">De Smet Cemetery</a>, De Smet, S.Dak. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Augusta Elgetha (Masters) Sherwood and Carter Parsons Sherwood; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/06-27.html">June 27, 1925</a>, to Laura Constance Engebretson; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#138.34.76">Timothy Pitkin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0030.html">DuPont family</a> of Wilmington, Delaware; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0086.html">Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family</a> of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="098.95.16">Sherwood, Beverly J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/wc-lived.html">Winchester</a>, Va. Republican. Elected <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a> 29th District 2011. Still living as of 2011. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="628.48.42">Sherwood, Bradford D.</a> — of Elkhart, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/EL-lived.html">Elkhart County</a>, Ind. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/elkhart.html#2">Elkhart, Ind.</a>, 1853-61. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sherwood, Burr See <a href="#399.72.04">E. Burr Sherwood</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="455.14.63">Sherwood, Burton F.</a> — of Bethel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Bethel, 1937-40. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="280.00.76">Sherwood, C. L.</a> — of Dowagiac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CS-lived.html">Cass County</a>, Mich. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/dowagiac.html#2">Dowagiac, Mich.</a>, 1881-83. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="483.43.50">Sherwood, Cameron</a> — of Walla Walla, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/WW-lived.html">Walla Walla County</a>, Wash. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/WA.html">1940</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/WA.html">1952</a> (alternate). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="255.90.30">Sherwood, Carl G.</a> (1855-1938) — of Clark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CA-lived.html">Clark County</a>, S.Dak. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-born.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/01-18.html">January 18, 1855</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 29th District, 1889-90; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/SD.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/SD.html">South Dakota Republican state chair</a>, 1912; circuit judge in South Dakota, 1912-17; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/spjd.html">judge of South Dakota state supreme court</a> 3rd District, 1922-31. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/woodmen.html">Modern Woodmen of America</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-un-workmen.html">Ancient Order of United Workmen</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>. Died in Clark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CA-died.html">Clark County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/08-17.html">August 17, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 211 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/CA-buried.html# ">Rose Hill Cemetery</a>, Near Clark, Clark County, S.Dak. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#334.84.04">George Isaac Sherwood</a> and Mary Ann (Jeffords) Sherwood; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/02-10.html">February 10, 1885</a>, to Nellie Cornelia Fountain; nephew of <a href="#506.02.16">David B. Sherwood</a>; seventh great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welles-wellmerling.html#111.95.76">Thomas Welles</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckrop-buel.html#609.76.48">David Huestis Budlong</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#481.85.10">Francis William Kellogg</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#521.99.03">George Champlin</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#370.06.67">Rollin Morse Severance</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/88088129">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="405.04.41">Sherwood, Charles</a> — of Cornelia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/HB-lived.html">Habersham County</a>, Ga. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/GA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="293.37.61">Sherwood, Charles Daniel</a> (1833-1895) — also known as Charles D. Sherwood — of Rushford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/FI-lived.html">Fillmore County</a>, Minn.; Sherwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Tenn. Born in New Milford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-born.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/11-18.html">November 18, 1833</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1859-61, 1863 (District 9 1859-60, District 14 1861, 1863); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/postal.html">postmaster</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1864-66. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/drowning.html">Drowned</a>, reportedly as a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/MI-died.html">Lake Michigan</a>, near Chicago, Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/07-02.html">July 2, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 226 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/KN-buried.html#cms01063">Mound Grove Cemetery</a>, Kankakee, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Daniel Sherwood and Fanny (Shore) Sherwood; married to Charlotte Phoebe Ferris.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">community</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/FR-names.html">Sherwood, Tennessee</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles D. Sherwood">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/66033000">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="389.91.70">Sherwood, Charles H.</a> — of Newington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Newington, 1942. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="620.23.58">Sherwood, Charles L.</a> — of Fremont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SA-lived.html">Sandusky County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/OH.html">1924</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="908.96.87">Sherwood, Claude E.</a> — of Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MY-lived.html">Montmorency County</a>, Mich. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MY-parties.html">Chair of Montmorency County Republican Party</a>, 1950. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="006.49.80">Sherwood, Clyde C.</a> — of California. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/CA.html">1932</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="433.50.93">Sherwood, Daniel</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CR-lived.html">Cortland County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Cortland County, 1821-23. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="790.80.37">Sherwood, Daniel</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-lived.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Dutchess County, 1846. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="089.66.75">Sherwood, Daniel L.</a> — Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 11th District, 1844-46. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="886.15.46">Sherwood, David</a> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Weston, 1822. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="506.02.16">Sherwood, David B.</a> (1835-1910) — also known as David Sherwood — of Greene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-lived.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y. Born in Smithville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-born.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/07-10.html">July 10, 1835</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chenango County, 1894-95. Died in Greene, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-died.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/05-02.html">May 2, 1910</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 296 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-buried.html# ">Sylvan Lawn Cemetery</a>, Greene, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Isaac Sherwood and Amy (Budlong) Sherwood; brother of <a href="#334.84.04">George Isaac Sherwood</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/">1855</a> to Rosanna Warner; uncle of <a href="#255.90.30">Carl G. Sherwood</a>; sixth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welles-wellmerling.html#111.95.76">Thomas Welles</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckrop-buel.html#609.76.48">David Huestis Budlong</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#481.85.10">Francis William Kellogg</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#521.99.03">George Champlin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#370.06.67">Rollin Morse Severance</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#417.79.91">Simeon Baldwin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cady.html#911.18.46">Daniel Cady</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#584.85.32">Christopher Grant Champlin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quiles-quinlivan.html#300.41.36">Josiah Quincy</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#492.07.22">Evert Harris Kittell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0003.html">Livingston-Schuyler family</a> of New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/96586384">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="553.92.76">Sherwood, David G.</a> — of Michigan. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 4th District, 1974. Still living as of 1974. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="047.41.78">Sherwood, David R.</a> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Kent County 1st District, 1944, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="408.56.01">Sherwood, Don</a> (b. 1941) — of Tunkhannock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WY-lived.html">Wyoming County</a>, Pa. Born in Nicholson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WY-born.html">Wyoming County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/03-05.html">March 5, 1941</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">Business owner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 10th District, 1999-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001146">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400372">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/319/000040199">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="399.72.04">Sherwood, E. Burr</a> — of Stambaugh (now part of Iron River), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IR-lived.html">Iron County</a>, Mich. Born in Kalkaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KL-born.html">Kalkaska County</a>, Mich. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Iron County, 1938; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sppi.html">Michigan superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1949; Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 12th District, 1950 (primary), 1952. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="628.92.16">Sherwood, Edward B.</a> — of Ossining, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dentist.html">Dentist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ossining.html#2">village president of Ossining, New York</a>, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="073.27.15">Sherwood, Elmer</a> — of Odessa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SY-lived.html">Schuyler County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/NY.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="727.26.07">Sherwood, Ernest</a> — of Rhode Island. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-born.html">England</a>. Socialist. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/misc-occ.html">Salesman</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/RI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Rhode Island</a>, 1918, 1920; delegate to Socialist National Convention from Rhode Island, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="581.25.91">Sherwood, Florence C.</a> — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Waterbury, 1934. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="775.61.45">Sherwood, Frank</a> — of Rocky Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Rocky Hill, 1906. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="063.67.31">Sherwood, Franklin D.</a> — of Hornellsville (now Hornell), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1892/NY.html">1892</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 41st District, 1899-1904. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="504.13.56">Sherwood, George</a> — of Sing Sing (now Ossining), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/ossining.html#5">Sing Sing, N.Y.</a>, 1837-41. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="154.37.75">Sherwood, George F.</a> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Weston; elected 1910, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="334.84.04">Sherwood, George Isaac</a> (1821-1903) — also known as George Sherwood — of Binghamton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-lived.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y. Born in McDonough, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CN-born.html">Chenango County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/01-18.html">January 18, 1821</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Broome County, 1874-75. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died in Binghamton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-died.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/05-24.html">May 24, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 126 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-buried.html# ">Floral Park Cemetery</a>, Johnson City, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Isaac Sherwood and Amy (Budlong) Sherwood; brother of <a href="#506.02.16">David B. Sherwood</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/04-08.html">April 8, 1849</a>, to Mary Ann Jeffords; father of <a href="#255.90.30">Carl G. Sherwood</a>; sixth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welles-wellmerling.html#111.95.76">Thomas Welles</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckrop-buel.html#609.76.48">David Huestis Budlong</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#481.85.10">Francis William Kellogg</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#521.99.03">George Champlin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/serr-sevigny.html#370.06.67">Rollin Morse Severance</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#469.29.30">Josiah Cowles</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#417.79.91">Simeon Baldwin</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cady.html#911.18.46">Daniel Cady</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chambliss-chancie.html#584.85.32">Christopher Grant Champlin</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quiles-quinlivan.html#300.41.36">Josiah Quincy</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kirksey-kittleman.html#492.07.22">Evert Harris Kittell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/58319685">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="516.24.26">Sherwood, Gershom</a> — of Redding, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Redding, 1827, 1830. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="545.16.22">Sherwood, Gordon A.</a> — of Otsego, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/AL-lived.html">Allegan County</a>, Mich. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/otsego.html#2">Otsego, Mich.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="480.87.08">Sherwood, H. C.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/MI.html">1888</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="422.90.60">Sherwood, Harry B.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="232.89.52">Sherwood, Harry R.</a> — of Westport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Westport; elected 1918, 1920. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sherwood, Hartley See <a href="#516.81.63">R. Hartley Sherwood</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="282.31.62">Sherwood, Henry</a> — of Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Fairfield, 1824. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="143.36.66">Sherwood, Henry</a> — of Westport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Westport, 1838. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="187.69.26">Sherwood, Henry</a> (1813-1896) — of Wellsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/TI-lived.html">Tioga County</a>, Pa. Born in Bridgeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/10-09.html">October 9, 1813</a>. Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 18th District, 1871-73; president, Wellsboro & Lawrenceville <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/PA.html">1880</a>. Died in Wellsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/TI-died.html">Tioga County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/11-10.html">November 10, 1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 32 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/TI-buried.html#cms00959">Wellsboro Cemetery</a>, Wellsboro, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000354">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409850">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="476.47.83">Sherwood, Henry</a> — of Addison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Steuben County 2nd District, 1862-63. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="138.18.34">Sherwood, Henry</a> — of Sherman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 11th District, 1863; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/CT.html">1876</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wwVDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA724"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/271/68.81.jpg" width=70 height=112 border=0 alt="Henry Sherwood"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="271.68.81">Sherwood, Henry</a> (b. 1844) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in Avon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/LI-born.html">Livingston County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/index.html">1844</a>. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">lost a leg</a> at the Battle of Lattimers' Mills; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/washington.html#2">Washington, D.C.</a>, 1890-94. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: The Story of Our Post Office (1893)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="883.49.01">Sherwood, Henry</a> — of Breedsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/VB-lived.html">Van Buren County</a>, Mich. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/MI.html">1896</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="331.39.79">Sherwood, Henry H.</a> — of Watertown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/watertown.html#3">Watertown, N.Y.</a>, 1816-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="728.60.84">Sherwood, Horace K. T.</a> — of Glen Cove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NA-lived.html">Nassau County</a>, Long Island, N.Y. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/glencove.html">Mayor of Glen Cove, N.Y.</a>, 1940-41. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="829.82.90">Sherwood, Horatio N.</a> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 9th District, 1861. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="405.72.58">Sherwood, Isaac</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-lived.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Dutchess County, 1799-1801, 1804-05. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="968.47.77">Sherwood, Isaac Ruth</a> (1835-1925) — also known as Isaac R. Sherwood — of Bryan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/WL-lived.html">Williams County</a>, Ohio; Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-lived.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio. Born in Stanford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-born.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/08-13.html">August 13, 1835</a>. Democrat. Probate judge in Ohio, 1860; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Ohio</a>, 1869-73; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Ohio</a>, 1873-75, 1907-21, 1923-25 (6th District 1873-75, 9th District 1907-21, 1923-25); defeated, 1920, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/loyal-legion.html">Loyal Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grand-army-republic.html">Grand Army of the Republic</a>. Leading advocate of the $1/day pension for Union Civil War veterans. Voted against U.S. entry into World War I. Died in Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-died.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/10-15.html">October 15, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 63 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-buried.html#cms00445">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Toledo, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000355">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409851">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Sherwood, J. Arthur See <a href="#906.86.91">James Arthur Sherwood</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="541.80.06">Sherwood, James A.</a> — of Mason, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/mason.html">mayor of Mason, Mich.</a>, 1884 (Anti-Monopoly), 1887 (Union Labor), 1888 (Union Labor), 1899 (Independent). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="906.86.91">Sherwood, James Arthur</a> (1867-1944) — also known as J. Arthur Sherwood — of Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/05-08.html">May 8, 1867</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Easton, 1903-04; defeated, 1912, 1916; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/easton.html">first selectman of Easton, Connecticut</a>, 1907. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/grange.html">Grange</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/04-24.html">April 24, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 352 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms06115">Easton Cemetery</a>, Easton, Conn. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="274.98.99">Sherwood, James M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/sthse.html">Delaware state house of representatives</a> from Kent County 6th District, 1919-20. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="130.01.67">Sherwood, Jeremiah</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/PU-lived.html">Putnam County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Putnam County, 1864-65. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="945.08.14">Sherwood, John</a> — of Sumpter Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sumpter-twp.html">Supervisor of Sumpter Township, Michigan</a>; elected 1924, 1936. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="822.86.23">Sherwood, John C.</a> — of Waterbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/waterbury.html">mayor of Waterbury, Conn.</a>, 1923. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="678.81.93">Sherwood, John Y.</a> — of Honesdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WN-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/honesdale.html#3">Honesdale, Pa.</a>, 1853-58. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="291.79.11">Sherwood, Joseph L.</a> — of Mariner's Harbor, Staten Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RI-lived.html">Richmond County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/statenisland.html#6">Mariner's Harbor, N.Y.</a>, 1881. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="572.17.08">Sherwood, Kellogg P.</a> — of Bayonne, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/HU-lived.html">Hudson County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NJ.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="110.46.94">Sherwood, Lemuel J.</a> — of Maine. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maine</a> 4th District, 1906. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="200.42.63">Sherwood, Leon</a> — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Kan. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/construction.html">Construction business</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/KS.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="170.69.31">Sherwood, Levi</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RO-lived.html">Rockland County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Rockland County, 1827-28. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="109.79.28">Sherwood, Lillian E.</a> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Kent County 1st District, 1956. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="995.05.45">Sherwood, Lorenzo</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Madison County, 1843. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="767.26.41">Sherwood, Lyman</a> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a> 7th District, 1842-43; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/NY.html">1856</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1856/speakers.html">speaker</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="449.12.17">Sherwood, Moses A.</a> — of Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Fairfield, 1838. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="567.09.16">Sherwood, Myron J.</a> — of Marquette, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MQ-lived.html">Marquette County</a>, Mich. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/MI.html">1916</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="074.37.30">Sherwood, Paul J.</a> — of Wilkes-Barre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LU-lived.html">Luzerne County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/PA.html">1920</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="516.81.63">Sherwood, R. Hartley</a> — of Indianapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/MA-lived.html">Marion County</a>, Ind. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/IN.html">1948</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="634.39.41">Sherwood, Ray P.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/YO-lived.html">York County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 19th District, 1927-29. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="697.59.64">Sherwood, S. D.</a> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/HA-lived.html">Hampden County</a>, Mass. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ofc/springfield.html">mayor of Springfield, Mass.</a>, 1894. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="259.75.76">Sherwood, Samuel</a> (1779-1862) — of Delhi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, N.Y.; New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Kingsbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1779/04-24.html">April 24, 1779</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 8th District, 1813-15. Slaveowner. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/10-31.html">October 31, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 190 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DE-buried.html#cms01762">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>, Delhi, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000356">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409852">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="604.63.77">Sherwood, Samuel Burr</a> (1767-1833) — also known as Samuel B. Sherwood — of Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Born in Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-born.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1767/11-26.html">November 26, 1767</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1809; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stcn.html">Connecticut council of assistants</a>, 1816; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> at-large, 1817-19. Slaveowner. Died in Westport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/04-27.html">April 27, 1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 152 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-buried.html#cms01761">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Westport, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000357">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409853">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel B. Sherwood">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="825.91.67">Sherwood, Ted</a> — of Des Plaines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/desplaines.html">Mayor of Des Plaines, Ill.</a>, 1993-97. Still living as of 1997. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="351.60.49">Sherwood, Thomas</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Onondaga County, 1843. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="985.55.65">Sherwood, Thomas E.</a> — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/dallas.html">Mayor of Dallas, Tex.</a>, 1861-62. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="287.73.32">Sherwood, Thomas J.</a> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 23rd District, 1865-67. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="564.88.23">Sherwood, Thomas Russell</a> (b. 1827) — of Kalamazoo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KZ-lived.html">Kalamazoo County</a>, Mich. Born in Pleasant Valley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/UL-born.html">Ulster County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/03-28.html">March 28, 1827</a>. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a>, 1878; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1883-89; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1888-89. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="149.16.47">Sherwood, Mrs. V. N. L.</a> — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Kan. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/KS.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="071.68.32">Sherwood, W. F.</a> — of Hornellsville (now Hornell), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/hornell.html#5">Hornellsville, N.Y.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="486.60.24">Sherwood, W. H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WI-lived.html">Winona County</a>, Minn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 15, 1887-88. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="442.40.35">Sherwood, Walker</a> — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Weston, 1828-30, 1832. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="351.74.97">Sherwood, Walter</a> — of Wellsboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/TI-lived.html">Tioga County</a>, Pa. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/TI-parties.html">Chair of Tioga County Democratic Party</a>, 1927. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="731.21.25">Sherwood, William</a> — of Ridgefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-lived.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Ridgefield, 1833. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="238.68.88">Sherwood, William J.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BU-lived.html">Buchanan County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Buchanan County 2nd District, 1933-34. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="990.50.60">Sherwood, Winfield S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Warren County, 1846. 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