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Sherman Everett Burroughs

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Preceded by
  
Cyrus A. Sulloway

Role
  
Politician

Political party
  
Republican

Party
  
Republican Party


Occupation
  
Lawyer Politician

Name
  
Sherman Burroughs

Resting place
  
Valley Cemetery

Sherman Everett Burroughs

Spouse(s)
  
Helen Sophie Phillips Burroughs

Children
  
Sherman Everett Burroughs, Jr. John Hamilton Burroughs Robert Phillips Burroughs Henry Baker Burroughs

Alma mater
  
Dartmouth College George Washington University

Died
  
January 27, 1923, Washington, D.C., United States

Education
  
Dartmouth College (1894), George Washington University

Succeeded by
  
William Nathaniel Rogers

Sherman Everett Burroughs (February 6, 1870 – January 27, 1923) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.

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Early life

Burroughs was born on February 6, 1870 in Dunbarton, New Hampshire. He attended the public schools, and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, in 1894.

Career

Burroughs was private secretary to Congressman Henry M. Baker from 1894 to 1897. He was graduated from the law school of Columbian College (now George Washington University), Washington, D.C., in 1896. He was admitted to the Washington, D.C. bar in 1896 and the New Hampshire bar in 1897. Burroughs commenced practice in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1897.

A member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives representing Bow, New Hampshire Burroughs served in 1901 and 1902. He was a member of the State board of charities and corrections, 1901–1907, and a member of the State board of equalization in 1909 and 1910.

Elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress in a special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Cyrus A. Sulloway, Burroughs was reelected to the two succeeding Congresses and served from (May 29, 1917 – January 27, 1923). He didn't run for reelection to the Sixty-eighth Congress in 1922, and died in office.

Death

Burroughs died in Washington, D.C., on January 27, 1923 (age 52 years, 355 days), and is interred at Pine Grove Cemetery, Manchester, Hillsburough County, New Hampshire, USA.

Family life

Son of John H. Burroughs and Helen M. Baker, Burroughs married Helen Sophie Phillips in 1898 and they had four sons, Sherman Everett Jr., John Hamilton, Robert Phillips Burroughs, and Henry Baker.

References

Sherman Everett Burroughs Wikipedia