Titus Sheard (October 4, 1841 in
Batley
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,
West Riding of Yorkshire
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,
England
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– April 13, 1904 in
Little Falls,
Herkimer County, New York
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) was an American businessman and politician.
Life
He came to the
United States
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in 1856, and settled first in
Mottville, New York
Mottville is a hamlet in the Town of Skaneateles, New York, United States. Of note, a tornado touched down in Mottville on July 28, 2002.
History
Here are some excerpts pertaining to Mottville from Vol. II, pp. 977–1015 of Onondaga's ...
, later in Little Falls. Here he began working at a wool factory, and in 1864 became sole owner of the Eagle Knitting Mill, and in 1872 incorporated the Little Falls Knitting Mill Company.
In 1863, he married Helen M. Waite (b. 1843), and they had two daughters, Edith (b. 1865) and Martha (1868–1947).
He was a member of the
New York State Assembly
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The Assem ...
(Herkimer Co.) in
1878
Events January–March
* January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire.
* January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
* January 17 – Battle o ...
,
1879
Events January–March
* January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War.
* January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
* Janu ...
and
1884
Events
January–March
* January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London.
* January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London.
* January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...
, and was elected
Speaker
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Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
** In ...
in 1884 after defeating
Theodore Roosevelt
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in the Republican assemblymen's caucus.
He was a delegate to the
1884 Republican National Convention
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.
He was a member of the
New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...
(23rd D.) in
1890
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa.
** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River.
* January 2
** The steamship ...
and
1891
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany.
** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence.
**Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...
. He lost in his quest for renomination in the Republican State Convention at
Utica, New York
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in October 1891 as the candidate of the
Miller
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faction, when his adversary
John E. Smith
John Eugene Smith (1816-1897) was a Swiss immigrant to the United States, who served as a Union general during the American Civil War.
Early life
Smith was born in Bern, Switzerland, in 1816. His father had served under Napoleon Bonaparte and em ...
, the candidate of the
Platt faction, was nominated on the 937th ballot.
Sources
Obit in NYT on April 14, 1904
Republican State Convention at Utica, in NYT on October 10, 1891
Sheard ancestry
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1841 births
1904 deaths
People from Batley
Speakers of the New York State Assembly
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
British emigrants to the United States
19th-century American politicians