Edgar Jay Sherman (November 28, 1834 – June 9, 1914) was an American attorney who served as District Attorney of the Eastern District of Massachusetts, as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Attorney General of Massachusetts and as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.

Early life

Sherman was born November 28, 1834, in

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, to David and Fanny (Kendall) Sherman.

Death

Sherman died June 9, 1914, in Windsor, Vermont.

References

1834 births 1914 deaths Massachusetts Attorneys General People from Weathersfield, Vermont People from Windsor, Vermont Politicians from Lawrence, Massachusetts People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 19th-century American politicians District attorneys in Essex County, Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub