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JOHN SHERMAN--A CHARACTERIZATION. One of the greatest of Ohio's sons, as well as one of the most prom- inent and influential of our National characters, has passed away in the |
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served until his death, June 24, 1829. Judge Sherman left a widow, eleven children and no property. The children had to "shift for themselves." The school of life was their academy. They graduated with highest honors. After their father's death, John went to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, to live with a cousin. In 1837, at the age of fourteen, he obtained a position as rodsman on the government works on the Muskingum river, but after two years' service was dis- missed because of his open advocacy of the Whig party principles. He thus had an early taste of the uncertainty of office, and the despotic and arbitrary rule of the spoilsman. He then turned his attention to the law, went to Mansfield, took up his residence with his brother Charles, in whose office he pursued his legal studies and was admitted to the bar May 11, 1844. His public and political career began with his being a delegate from Ohio to the Whig National convention at Philadelphia in 1848, of which body he was secretary. In 1854 he was elected to (372) |