Sherman Leland Explained

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.

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