Biography

12/05/1809 - 10/07/1886

Daniel Lee Sherwood, Jr. (D11) Bradford and Tioga Counties 1844-1846

Early Life:

Daniel Lee Sherwood, Jr., born December 5, 1809 Marathon, Cortland County, New York; son of Daniel Sr., and Anna Stevens Sherwood; moved to Lamb’s Creek, Tioga County, 1830; engaged lumber, sawmill, 1830-1839; father, founded, Mansfield Baptist Church, became devout worshipper; married, Caroline Sharpe, 1832; founder, first president, Tioga County Agricultural Society; engaged, farming; established, Mansfield Classical Seminary, preceding its evolution from a State Normal School, Mansfield State Teachers College; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1842-1843; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1844-1846, elected, Speaker, 1846; Justice of the peace, Richmond Township, Tioga County, 1854; moved, Northumberland County, 1867; resumed farming, lumber pursuits; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1877-1879; died, October 7, 1886 (aged 76), Northumberland; interment, Riverview Cemetery, Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.  

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Potter and Tioga Counties, 1842-1843.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 11th district, Bradford and Tioga Counties, 1844-1846; defeated, Philadelphia Whig Charles Gibbons, Speaker of Pennsylvania State Senate, 1846; On February 24, 1846, Sherwood backed legislation incorporating the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, providing the new company’s public stock offering.

Justice of the peace, Richmond Township, Tioga County, 1854-1867.  

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, Northumberland County, 1877-1880, lost, bid for Speaker of the House, 111-78, Allegheny County Republican Henry Long. 

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Not currently available. 

Legacy:

Father, Daniel Lee Sherwood, Sr. represented Cortland County, New York, in the state legislature for several years, and usually made the journey to and from Albany on horseback.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Sherwood, Daniel (pa-roots.org)

Daniel Lee Sherwood (1810-1886) - Find a Grave Memorial