John C. Sherwin

American politician
John C. Sherwin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
Preceded byWilliam Lathrop
Succeeded byGeorge E. Adams
Personal details
Born(1838-02-08)February 8, 1838
Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York
DiedJanuary 1, 1904(1904-01-01) (aged 65)
Benton Harbor, Michigan
Political partyRepublican

John Crocker Sherwin (February 8, 1838 – January 1, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Biography

Born in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, Sherwin was educated in the common schools, Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary in New York, and Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. County clerk of Kane County, Illinois. He served as city attorney of Aurora, Illinois. Enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War in the Company H, Eighty-ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He became a sergeant.

Sherwin was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1882. He resumed the practice of law. He died at Benton Harbor, Michigan, January 1, 1904. He was interred in Spring Lake Cemetery, Aurora, Illinois.

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Preceded by
William Lathrop
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 4th congressional district

1879-1883
Succeeded by
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