Socrates N. Sherman

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Socrates Norton Sherman (born July 22, 1801 in Barre , Vermont , † February 1, 1873 in Ogdensburg New York ) was an American doctor, officer and politician . Between 1861 and 1863 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Socrates Norton Sherman was born in Barre, Washington County in the early 19th century . He attended grade school and then high school. He then studied medicine and graduated from Mount Castleton Medical College in 1824 . He moved to Ogdensburg in St. Lawrence County in 1825 , where he practiced as a doctor. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the congressional elections of 1860 for the 37th Congress , Sherman was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 17th electoral district of New York , where he succeeded Francis E. Spinner on March 4, 1861 . Since he on a run again in 1862 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1863 Congress of.

During the Civil War he served as a major and surgeon in the 34th  Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry . On October 7, 1865, he was a brevet - Lieutenant Colonel of United States Volunteers retired. Then he worked again as a doctor in Ogdensburg. He died there on February 1, 1873 and was then buried in the cemetery of the same name.

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SURNAME Sherman, Socrates N.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sherman, Socrates Norton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American doctor and politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1801
PLACE OF BIRTH Barre , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1873
Place of death Ogdensburg New York