Francis Cornwall Sherman

Francis Cornwall Sherman

Infobox_Politician
name = Francis Cornwall Sherman


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birth_date = birth date|1805|9|18|mf=y
birth_place = Newton, Connecticut
death_date = death date and age|1870|11|7|1805|9|18|mf=y
death_place = Chicago, Illinois
residence = Chicago, Illinois
office2 = Mayor of Chicago
order2= 23rd
term_start2 = 1862
term_end2 = 1865
predecessor2 = Julian Sidney Rumsey
successor2 = John Blake Rice
office = Mayor of Chicago
order = 5th
term_start = 1841
term_end = 1842
predecessor = Alexander Lloyd
successor = Benjamin Wright Raymond
party = Democratic
religion =
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Francis Cornwall Sherman (September 18 1805 - November 7 1870; buried in Graceland Cemetery) served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois three terms (1841-1842, 1862-1865) for the Democratic Party.

Sherman arrived in Chicago in April of 1834 from Newton, Connecticut. He was a brick manufacturer and made the bricks for Archibald Clybourne's mansion. In July 1835, he was elected a village trustee. In 1837, he opened the City Hotel, later the Sherman House. He continued to work as a contractor and builder, eventually serving as mayor of Chicago three times.

External links

* [http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/mayors/speeches/sherman41.html First Inaugural Address]
* [http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/mayors/speeches/sherman62.html Second Inaugural Address]
* [http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/mayors/speeches/sherman63.html Third Inaugural Address]


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