Sherman Everett Burroughs

Sherman Everett Burroughs
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st district
In office May 29, 1917 – January 27, 1923
Preceded by	Cyrus A. Sulloway
Succeeded by	William Nathaniel Rogers
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives For Bow, New Hampshire
In office 1901–1902
Personal details
Born	February 6, 1870 Dunbarton, New Hampshire
Died	January 27, 1923 Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Valley Cemetery, Manchester, New Hampshire
Political party	Republican
Children	Robert P. Burroughs
Alma mater	Dartmouth College

Sherman Everett Burroughs (February 6, 1870 – January 27, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.

Burroughs was born on February 6, 1870^[1] in Dunbarton, New Hampshire.

Burroughs attended the public schools, and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, in 1894.^[1] He was private secretary to Congressman Henry M. Baker from 1894 to 1897. He was graduated from the law school of Columbian College (now George Washington University), Washington, D.C., in 1896. He was admitted to the Washington, D.C. bar in 1896 and the New Hampshire bar in 1897.^[1] Burroughs commenced practice in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1897.^[1]

Burroughs served as member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1901 and 1902 representing Bow, New Hampshire.^[1] He was a member of the State board of charities and corrections, 1901–1907, and a member of the State board of equalization in 1909 and 1910.

Burroughs was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress in a special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Cyrus A. Sulloway, and reelected to the two succeeding Congresses (May 29, 1917-January 27, 1923). He didn't run for reelection to the Sixty-eighth Congress in 1922. He died in Washington, D.C., January 27, 1923, and was interred in Valley Cemetery, Manchester, New Hampshire. He left behind his son, Robert P. Burroughs.

Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Stinson, William H. (April 1902), Henry Harrison Metcalf, ed., The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, Volume XXXII, no. 4, Concord, New Hampshire: The Granite Monthly Company, p. 232. 

References

• Sherman Everett Burroughs at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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