Charles D. Sherwood

Charles Daniel Sherwood
Detail of an 1865 photo of the Minnesota State Senate showing Charles D. Sherwood.

4th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
In office January 11, 1864 – January 8, 1866
Governor	Stephen Miller
Preceded by	Henry Adoniram Swift
Succeeded by	Thomas H. Armstrong
5th Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office 1863–1863
Preceded by	Jared Benson
Succeeded by	Jared Benson
Minnesota State Representative from the 9th District
In office December 7, 1859 – January 7, 1861
Minnesota State Representative from the 14th District
In office January 8, 1861 – January 6, 1862
In office January 6, 1863 – January 4, 1864

Personal details
Born	(1833-11-18)November 18, 1833 New Milford, Connecticut
Died	July 5, 1895(1895-07-05) (aged 61) Chicago, Illinois
Political party	Republican
Residence	Elkhorn, Minnesota

Charles Daniel Sherwood (November 18, 1833 – July 3, 1895) was a Minnesota politician, the youngest Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives in state history, and the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota (1864–1866). He served in the Minnesota House of Representatives 1859–1861 and 1863 from Fillmore County, Minnesota. He was born in New Milford, Connecticut in 1833. He came to Minnesota in 1855 and was a farmer and a worker in the newspaper business. He died in Chicago, Illinois in 1895.^[1]^[2] In 1878, Sherwood settled in Franklin County, Tennessee and platted the community of Sherwood, Tennessee that was named for him.^[3]

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Political offices
Preceded by Henry Adoniram Swift	Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota 1864–1866	Succeeded by Thomas H. Armstrong
Preceded by Jared Benson	Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1863	Succeeded by Jared Benson

v t e Lieutenant governors of Minnesota
Holcombe Donnelly Swift Sherwood Armstrong Yale Barto Wakefield Gilman Rice Ives Clough Day Gibbs L. Smith Jones Eberhart E. Smith Gordon Burnquist Sullivan Frankson Collins Nolan Adams Arens Solberg Petersen Richardson (acting) Lindsten Anderson Thye Miller Anderson Nelsen Wright Rolvaag Keith Goetz Perpich Olson Wangberg Johnson Dyrstad Benson Schunk Molnau Prettner Solon T. Smith Fischbach Flanagan

v t e Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Territorial (1849–1857)	Furber Ames Ludden Day Taylor Norris Gardner Furber
State (since 1857)	Watrous Bradley Coggswell Benson Sherwood Benson Armstrong Wakefield Farmer Davidson J. Merriam Hall Kinyon Gibbs Gilman Fletcher Gibbs W. Merriam Graves Champlin Lee Van Sant Jones Dare Dowling Babcock Clague L. Johnson Rockne Dunn Rines Flowers Parker Nolan J. Johnson Swenson Munn G. Johnson Barker Hall Hartle A. Johnson Chilgren Duxbury Dirlam Sabo Searle Norton Sieben Jennings Norton Vanasek Long Anderson Carruthers Sviggum Anderson Kelliher Zellers Thissen Daudt Hortman

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