Richard U. Sherman
Richard Updike Sherman (1819–1895) was a New York State politician and newspaper publisher/editor. He was also the father of U.S. Vice President James Schoolcraft Sherman.
Richard Sherman was:
- Editor, Oswego Daily Times & The Herkimer Journal (1844–46)
- Owner/editor of Rochester Daily Evening Gazette (1847)
- Co-owner/editor Utica Morning Herald (1847–82)
- Brigadier general, New York State militia (1841–57)
- Clerk of the New York State Assembly, from January 7, 1851, to January 6, 1857 (Whig, later Republican)
- Member of the New York State Assembly (Oneida Co., 1st D.) in 1857 (as a Republican), 1875 and 1876 (both as a Democrat)
- a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1867–68
- Assistant clerk, U.S. House of Representatives (1870)
- Secretary, New York State Fish and Game Commission (1879–1890)
- Trustee, New Hartford Cotton Company - he restocked the lakes of the Adirondack Mountains area with fish; also protected the forests from unscrupulous lumber dealers
Marriage
He married his distant cousin Mary Frances Sherman. They had six children:
- Richard W., a civil engineer and two-term Mayor of the City of Utica, New York
- Stalham W., who died in 1894
- Mary Louise, wife of Henry J. Cookinham (a law partner of James Schoolcraft Sherman)
- James Schoolcraft Sherman, US Vice President
- Sanford F., President, New Hartford Canning Company
- Willet H., who died in New Hartford in 1868, aged six.
References
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- History of the Mohawk Valley - Gateway to the West - 1614-1925 -[1]
- Abridged Compendium, Frederick Virkus, p. 2,934
- Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949, Biographies.
- Cheater.com, [2], 31 July 2000
- Dictionary of American Biographies, Charles Scribner and Sons, 1935.
- Genealogical Library Master Catalog. New York State Library, Albany, NY.
- History of Oneida County New York, from 1700 to the Present Time, Vol.I, by Henry J. Cookinham, Chicago: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912.
- Robert W. Cherny, "Sherman, James Schoolcraft." Discovery Channel School, original content provided by World Book Online, [3], 31 July 2000.
Categories:
- 1819 births
- 1895 deaths
- Members of the New York State Assembly
- 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people)
- 19th-century American newspaper editors
- 19th-century American journalists
- American male journalists
- Clerks of the New York State Assembly
- New York Whigs
- 19th-century American politicians
- New York Republicans
- New York Democrats
- 19th-century male writers