Samuel Burr Sherwood was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Connecticut

Connecticut

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Born in Northfield Society (later Weston

Weston, Connecticut

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), Connecticut, Sherwood graduated from Yale College

Yale College

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 in 1786. He studied law, was admitted to the bar

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, and began practice in that part of Fairfield which is now Westport, Connecticut

Westport, Connecticut

-Neighborhoods:* Saugatuck – around the Westport railroad station near the southwestern corner of the town – a built-up area with some restaurants, stores and offices....

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He served as member of the state House of Representatives

Connecticut House of Representatives

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 from 1809 until 1815 and in the state Senate

Connecticut Senate

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 in 1816.

Sherwood was elected as a Federalist

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 to the Fifteenth

15th United States Congress

-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Daniel D. Tompkins * President pro tempore:** John Gaillard , elected March 4, 1817** James Barbour , elected February 15, 1819- House of Representatives :*Speaker: Henry Clay -Members:...

Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819).

He resumed the practice of his profession until 1831, when he retired from professional life.
He died in Westport on April 27, 1833 and was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.