Charles D. Sherwood Explained

Charles Daniel Sherwood
Order1:4th
Office1:Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
Term Start1:January 11, 1864
Term End1:January 8, 1866
Governor1:Stephen Miller
Predecessor1:Henry Adoniram Swift
Successor1:Thomas H. Armstrong
Order2:5th
Office2:Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Term Start2:1863
Term End2:1863
Successor2:Jared Benson
Office3:Minnesota State Representative from the 9th District
Term Start3:December 7, 1859
Term End3:January 7, 1861
Office4:Minnesota State Representative from the 14th District
Term Start4:January 8, 1861
Term End4:January 6, 1862
Term Start5:January 6, 1863
Term End5:January 4, 1864
Birth Date:18 November 1833
Birth Place:New Milford, Connecticut
Death Place:Chicago, Illinois
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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minnesota Historical Society Lieutenant Governor Charles Daniel Sherwood . May 8, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100621051452/http://www.mnhs.org/people/governors/lt_gov/ltgov_03.htm . June 21, 2010 . dead .
  2. Web site: Sherwood, Charles D. "C.D., Chas. D." - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present . 2023-08-25 . www.lrl.mn.gov.
  3. http://www.sherwoodtenn.com/who/who_list/sherwood_cd_1834.htm Sherwood Tennessee-History