Siddhesh Joshi (Editor)

Francis Cornwall Sherman

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Preceded by
  
Name
  
Francis Sherman

Preceded by
  
Political party
  
Residence
  
Chicago, Illinois


Francis Cornwall Sherman

Born
  
September 18, 1805Newtown, Connecticut (
1805-09-18
)

Died
  
November 7, 1870, Illinois, United States

Succeeded by
  

Francis Cornwall Sherman (September 18, 1805 – November 7, 1870; buried in Graceland Cemetery) served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois three terms (1841–1842, 1862–1865) for the Democratic Party. Sherman arrived in Chicago in April 1834 from Newtown, Connecticut. He was a brick manufacturer and made the bricks for Archibald Clybourne's mansion. In July 1835, he was elected a village trustee. In 1837, he opened the City Hotel, later the Sherman House. He continued to work as a contractor and builder, eventually serving as mayor of Chicago three times. Sherman also served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners and in the Illinois House of Representatives. His son, Francis Trowbridge Sherman, was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War.

References

Francis Cornwall Sherman Wikipedia


Similar Topics