Sherman Leland | |
Birth Date: | March 29, 1783 |
Death Date: | November 19, 1853 (aged 70) |
Death Place: | Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States |
Nationality: | American |
Spouse: | Elizabeth Adams |
Children: | Edwin S. Leland |
Term Start: | 1828 |
Term End: | 1829 |
Office2: | Member of the Massachusetts Senate Norfolk County District |
Term Start2: | 1828 |
Term End2: | 1829 |
Office3: | Member of the Massachusetts Senate Norfolk County District |
Term Start3: | 1823 |
Term End3: | 1824 |
Office4: | Member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820 |
Term Start4: | 1820 |
Term End4: | 1820 |
Office5: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Norfolk County District |
Term Start5: | 1818 |
Term End5: | 1821 |
Office6: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Washington County District |
Term Start6: | 1812 |
Term End6: | 1812 |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Signature: | Sherman Leland Massachusetts Senate President signature.png |
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. During the War of 1812, he served in a regiment of U.S. Volunteers, and subsequently the 34th U.S. Infantry, at Eastport, Maine.