OVERVIEW:

BORN:
May 10, 1823;
Lancaster, Ohio

DIED:
October 22, 1900 (age 77)
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Attended Howe’s Academy in Lancaster, Ohio;
Studied law under Judge Jacob Parker (uncle) and Charles T. Sherman (eldest brother)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig 
Republican (Beginning in 1854)

NICKNAME:
The Ohio Icicle 

HIGHLIGHTS:
1844:
Admitted to Ohio Bar
1844-1853:
Practiced Law in Mansfield, Ohio
1853:
Moved to Cleveland, Ohio
1855:
President of First Republican Convention in Ohio
1855-1861:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives (R-OH);
Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee (1859-1861)
1861-1877:
U.S. Senator (R-OH);
Chairman, Senate Agriculture Committee (1863-1867);
Chairman, Senate Finance Committee (1863-1865, 1867-1877);
Voted to Convict President Andrew Johnson (1868)
1877-1881:
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
1881-1897:
U.S. Senator (R-OH);
Chairman of the Committee on the Library (1881-1887); 
President Pro Tempore (1885-1887);
Republican Conference Chairman (1884-1885, 1891-1897);
Sponsored Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890;
Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee (1886-1893, 1895-1897)
1897-1898:
U.S. Secretary of State

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Department of State
Ohio History Central
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
State Library of Ohio 
Library of Congress 

PORTRAIT: