Sherman Leland | |
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| President of the Massachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1828–1829 | |
| Preceded by | John Mills |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Lathrop |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate Norfolk County District[1] | |
| In office 1828[1]–1829[1] | |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate Norfolk County District[1] | |
| In office 1823[1]–1824[1] | |
| Member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820[2] | |
| In office 1820[2]–1820[2] | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Norfolk County District[2] | |
| In office 1818[2]–1821[2] | |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Washington County District[2] | |
| In office 1812[2]–1812[2] | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 29, 1783 Grafton, Massachusetts |
| Died | November 19, 1853 (aged 70) Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Adams[3] |
| Children | Edwin S. Leland[1] |
| Profession | Lawyer[2] |
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Sherman Leland (March 29, 1783 – November 19, 1853) was a Massachusetts lawyer who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and as a member, and President of, the Massachusetts Senate.[4] During the War of 1812, he served in a regiment of U.S. Volunteers, and subsequently the 34th U.S. Infantry, at Eastport, Maine.
References
- Leland, Sherman: "The Leland Magazine, Or, a Genealogical Record of Henry Leland, and His Descendants, Containing an Account of One Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty-Four Persons In Ten Generations, and Embracing Nearly Every Person of the Name of Leland in America, from 1653 to 1850", Boston, Massachusetts: Wier & White, pp. 130–132 (1850).
- Smith, Joshua M. Borderland Smuggling: Patriots, Loyalists and Illicit Trade in the Northeast, 1783–1820. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Leland, Sherman (1850), The Leland Magazine, Or, a Genealogical Record of Henry Leland, and His Descendants, Containing an Account of One Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty-Four Persons In Ten Generations, and Embracing Nearly Every Person of the Name of Leland in America, from 1653 to 1850, Boston, Massachusetts: Wier & White, p. 132
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Leland, Sherman (1850), The Leland Magazine, Or, a Genealogical Record of Henry Leland, and His Descendants, Containing an Account of One Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty-Four Persons In Ten Generations, and Embracing Nearly Every Person of the Name of Leland in America, from 1653 to 1850, Boston, Massachusetts: Wier & White, p. 131
- ^ Leland, Sherman (1850), The Leland Magazine, Or, a Genealogical Record of Henry Leland, and His Descendants, Containing an Account of One Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty-Four Persons In Ten Generations, and Embracing Nearly Every Person of the Name of Leland in America, from 1653 to 1850, Boston, Massachusetts: Wier & White, p. 128
- ^ Leland, Sherman (1850), The Leland Magazine, Or, a Genealogical Record of Henry Leland, and His Descendants, Containing an Account of One Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty-Four Persons In Ten Generations, and Embracing Nearly Every Person of the Name of Leland in America, from 1653 to 1850, Boston, Massachusetts: Wier & White, pp. 130–132
External links
Media related to Sherman Leland at Wikimedia Commons
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