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Henry Sherman
Henry Sherman (March 6, 1808 – March 28, 1879) was an American lawyer, judge, and author. He served as Chief Justice of the New Mexico Territory. He was a first cousin of Henry Mitchell (New York politician), nephew of Judge Roger Minott Sherman and the great-nephew of founding father Roger Sherman. Early life and education Sherman was the third son of Josiah and Hannah (Jones) Sherman, of Albany, N. Y., where he was born March 6, 1808. He graduated from Yale College in 1829. He spent a part of the first year after graduation in the Princeton Theological Seminary, and then took up the study of law in the Yale Law School, returning in 1832 to his home in Albany, and there entering his profession. Legal career Soon after entering the practice of law, Sherman moved to New York City, and while practicing there published in 1841 a ''Digest of the Law of Marine Insurance'', which ran through several editions. In 1843 he also published a ''Governmental History of the U. S.'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Mexico Territory
The Territory of New Mexico was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912. It was created from the U.S. provisional government of New Mexico, as a result of ''Santa Fe de Nuevo México, Nuevo México'' becoming part of the American frontier after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It existed with varying boundaries until the territory was admitted to the Union as the U.S. state of New Mexico. This jurisdiction was an organized, incorporated territory of the US for nearly 62 years, the longest period of any territory in the contiguous United States. Before the territory was organized In 1846, during the Mexican–American War, the United States established U.S. provisional government of New Mexico, a provisional government of New Mexico. Territorial boundaries were somewhat ambiguous. After the Mexican Republic formally ceded the region to the United States in 1848, this temporary wartime/military government operated u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
