Sherman Leland

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.

Sherman Leland
President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
1828–1829
Preceded byJohn Mills
Succeeded bySamuel 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
BornMarch 29, 1783
Grafton, Massachusetts
DiedNovember 19, 1853 (aged 70)
Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
NationalityAmerican
SpouseElizabeth Adams[3]
ChildrenEdwin S. Leland[1]
ProfessionLawyer[2]
Signature

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

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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

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