Sherman Leland

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.

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 Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality	American
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Adams[3]
Children	Edwin S. Leland[1]
Profession	Lawyer[2]
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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.

Notes

1. Leland, Sherman (1850), 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, p. 132
2. Leland, Sherman (1850), 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, p. 131
3. Leland, Sherman (1850), 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, p. 128
4. Leland, Sherman (1850), 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.

Political offices
Preceded by John Mills	President of the Massachusetts Senate 1828-1829	Succeeded by Samuel Lathrop