The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ed toLancaster, and shortly went to Mansfield, 0., tostudy law with his brother Charles. Here he regu-larly prepared the pleadings, and did a good shareof his brothers office work.
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . ed toLancaster, and shortly went to Mansfield, 0., tostudy law with his brother Charles. Here he regu-larly prepared the pleadings, and did a good shareof his brothers office work. After the first year hewas entirely self-supporting. He gave his wholemind to his professional studies, and on May 11,1844, was admitted to the bar at Springfield, O., andforthwith entered into partnership with his brother,Charles T. Sherman, at Mansfield. After this, hewas constantly, actively and piofitably employed Inthe practice of law until he was elected a memberof congress in 1854. Shortly after his admission tothe bar, his mother and his two sisters removed fromLancaster to Mansfield, and there kept house forhim. In 1846-47 Mr. Sherman visited Washington,D. C, where he remained a month, and became ac-quainted with most of the men of the day, especiallywith Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois. In the spring of1848 he was sent as delegate to the national whigconvention at Philadelphia, Pa., and was made a. OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 199 secretary of that body, after the jocular remarkpublicly made by a friend, that there was a youngman present from the state of Ohio, who lived in adistrict so strongly democratic that he could neverhope to get an office unless that convention gavehim one. Mr. Sherman heartily supported the nom-ination of Zachary Taylor for president of the UnitedStates, and canvassed a portion of Ohio for 30, 1848, he was married to Cecilia, only childof Judge Stewart, of Mansfield, O. He was now aprosperous man, having added to his income fromthe pract
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