John sherman was born at Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, on the 10th day of May, 1823. He died at Washington, October 22, 1900, having reached the ripe age of seventy-seven years. His public career as a member of the House of Repre sentatives and of the Senate, Secretary of the Treas ury, and Secretary of State extended from March 4, 1855, to April 27, 1898, a period of more than forty-three years. When he left the Senate in March, 1897, his membership in that body, though not continuous, had been longer than that of any other senator.
