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    Francis Cornwall Sherman (September 18, 1805 – November 7, 1870) served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, for three terms (1841–1842, 1862–1865) as a member...
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    March 4, 1841, when he was succeeded in office by fellow Democrat Francis Cornwall Sherman. He served as a Trustee of the 2nd district of the Chicago Schools...
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    make room for the James R. Thompson Center. From 1836 to 1837, Francis Cornwall Sherman constructed the hotel at the northwest corner of Randolph Street...
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  • Sherman Elna Sherman (1888–1964) American composer and musicologist Forrest Sherman (1896–1951), United States Navy admiral Francis Cornwall Sherman (1805–1870)...
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    second term as Chicago's sixth mayor, defeating the incumbent, Francis Cornwall Sherman. At the time, mayoral terms were one year. During his terms as...
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    Eastern Theater. Sherman was born in Connecticut in 1825 but his family moved to Illinois in 1834 where his father, Francis Cornwall Sherman became heavily...
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    In the Chicago mayoral election of 1863, Democrat Francis Cornwall Sherman won reelection, defeating National Union (Republican) nominee Thomas Barbour...
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    ended on May 5, 1862, when he was succeeded in office by Democrat Francis Cornwall Sherman. He was a member of the first war finance committee, and of the...
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    York Francis Cornwall Sherman (1805–1870), served as the 5th and 23rd Mayor of Chicago, between 1841-1842 and 1862-1865. Francis Trowbridge Sherman (1825–1905)...
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    1856 Chicago mayoral election, Thomas Dyer defeated former mayor Francis Cornwall Sherman. The race was shaped by the divisive national political debate...
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