Sherman Leland

Sherman Leland
President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1828–1829
Preceded by	John Mills
Succeeded by	Samuel Lathrop
Member of the Massachusetts Senate Norfolk County District[1]
In office 1828[1]–1829[1]
Member of the Massachusetts Senate Norfolk County District[1]
In office 1823[1]–1824[1]
Member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820[2]
In office 1820[2]–1820[2]
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Norfolk County District[2]
In office 1818[2]–1821[2]
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Washington County District[2]
In office 1812[2]–1812[2]
Personal details
Born	March 29, 1783 Grafton, Massachusetts
Died	November 19, 1853 (aged 70)
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Adams[3]
Children	Edwin S. Leland[1]
Profession	Lawyer[2]
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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.^[4] During the War of 1812, he served in a regiment of U.S. Volunteers, and subsequently the 34th U.S. Infantry, at Eastport, Maine.

References[]

• Leland, Sherman: "The Leland Magazine, Or, a Genealogical Record of Henry Leland, and His Descendants, Containing an Account of One Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty-Four Persons In Ten Generations, and Embracing Nearly Every Person of the Name of Leland in America, from 1653 to 1850", Boston, Massachusetts: Wier & White, pp. 130–132 (1850).
• Smith, Joshua M. Borderland Smuggling: Patriots, Loyalists and Illicit Trade in the Northeast, 1783–1820. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006.

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