Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-10-25
EX-SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN T..
SHERMAN fr...-.. :

number of the family connections
throughout the country, notifying
them of his extreme illness, and some
Most of those who arrived were at the
bedside when the end came, the mum
her including Mr.. and Mrs Colgate
Hoyt, of New York; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Wiborg, of CINCINNATI; Mrs. William X
Otis. of New York city; P. Tecumseh
Sherman. son of the late Gen. Sher-
man; Charles NJ. Sherman of Chicago,
and Miss Lizzie Sherman. Others who
were at the bedside were Mrs. James
u McCallum. the adopted daughter, who
had been his constant attendant, and
her husband. Gen. and Mrs. Miles, the
latter niece of Secretary Sherman,
were at the house the greater portion
of the day and evening, but left for
their home shortly after midnight.
They were summoned when it was APP
parent that the end was near and
reached the house few minutes after
, the venerable statesman had passed
away.
President Deeply Moved.
The news of Sherman's death was i'm
mediately communicated to the pres
ident. who had been extremely solic-
itous as to his former premiers con
dition. ..f Er
The Stntesman:s Career.
John Sherman was Is years Of age. He
was born at Lancaster, o., and when he
was six years of age his father died.. In
the spring of 1897 he set out to do some
thing for himself. and obtained the posi-
ton of junior rodman with the engineer
corps working on the improvements of
the Muskingum river. When 10 he went
to Mansfield to study law with a brother.
He was prepared for practice before he
was q and practiced law actively until
he was elected to congress in 1854.
Sherman and Colfax happened to enter
public life together. They were both dele
gates to the national convention in Phil
adelphia, which nominated Zachariah
Taylor in 1S4S. During that summer Mr.
Sherman was married to Miss Cecilia
Stewart, the only daughter of Judge Stew
art, of Mansfield. He was president Of
the first republican state convention held
in Ohio, which metfin 1855 and nominated
S. p. Chase for governor. NEsfg
Mr.. Sherman took his seat in the Thir-
ty-fOurth congress six years before the
war. In the Thirty-1fth congress he
made a number of able speeches and be-
came much interested in the finances Of
the country He was elected to the
United States senate in 1861 to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation Of Mr..
Chase. gM 5.% lSa sss:ps- ~ III 5g5s 388ES4s
Made Secretary of Treasury.
Mr. Sherman can almost be called the
author and the founder Of the financial
policy of the republican party. President
. Hayes made Mr.. Sherman his secretary
of the treasury because he knew him to
be the foremost fnancier Of the age.
A5 Returning to the senate on the close Of
9 his term in President Hayes cabinet, Mr..
Sherman took up the work Of active leg
4 islation again, and for 16 years more was
IL one OF the leaders Of the body In which
he had previously spent other 16 years Of
usefulness. e III Gill gE5F5
Mr.. Sherman again resigned from the
senate in March. 1897. to accept the most
important position In the Gift OF Presi-
dent Mckinley, the secretarys ship OF
I state, from which he retired In April.
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