Sherman Everett Burroughs

Sherman Everett Burroughs

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

Born in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, Burroughs attended the public schools, and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, in 1894. 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 bar in 1896 and commenced practice in Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1897. He served as member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1901 and 1902. 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 declined to be a candidate 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.

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