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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Francis Sherman |
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, Illinois , United States |
| Email | None |
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September 18, 1805
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| Died | November 07, 1870
(65 years)
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| Contributor | ev |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | Francis Cornwall Sherman (September 18, 1805 - November 7, 1870; buried in Graceland Cemetery) served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois three terms (1841-1842, 1862-1865) for the Democratic Party.
Sherman arrived in Chicago in April 1834 from Newton, Connecticut. He was a brick manufacturer and made the bricks for Archibald Clybourne's mansion. In July 1835, he was elected a village trustee. In 1837, he opened the City Hotel, later the Sherman House. He continued to work as a contractor and builder, eventually serving as mayor of Chicago three times.
His son, Francis Trowbridge Sherman, was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
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