John Sherman #254981

John sherman was born at Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, on the 10th day of May, 1823. He died at Washington, October 22, 1900, having reached the ripe age of seventy-seven years. His public career as a member of the House of Repre sentatives and of the Senate, Secretary of the Treas ury, and Secretary of State extended from March 4, 1855, to April 27, 1898, a period of more than forty-three years. When he left the Senate in March, 1897, his membership in that body, though not continuous, had been longer than that of any other senator.