Given the question: Matthew Sherman (October 31 1827 July 5 1898) was a land developer and American Republican politician from California.Born in Charleston Massachusetts he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at age 13 and served on the U.S.S. Columbus and U.S.S. Independence. During the Mexican-American War his ship briefly visited Monterey California. During the Civil War he served as Captain of the California Volunteers. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Office Holder