Sherman Everett Burroughs (February 6, 1870 – January 27, 1923) was an American politician and a

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from

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Early life

Burroughs was born on February 6, 1870 in

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. He attended the public schools, and was graduated from

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, in 1894.

Career

Burroughs was private secretary to Congressman

Henry M. Baker Henry Moore Baker (January 11, 1841 – May 30, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the New Hampshire House and Senate, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing New Hampshire. ...

from 1894 to 1897. He was graduated from the law school of Columbian College (now

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, in 1896. He was admitted to the Washington, D.C. bar in 1896 and the New Hampshire bar in 1897. Burroughs commenced practice in

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, in 1897. A member of the

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representing

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Burroughs served in 1901 and 1902. He was a member of the State board of charities and corrections, 1901–1907, and a member of the State board of equalization in 1909 and 1910. Elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress in a special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Cyrus A. Sulloway, Burroughs was reelected to the two succeeding Congresses and served from (May 29, 1917 – January 27, 1923). He didn't run for reelection to the Sixty-eighth Congress in 1922, and died in office.

Death

Burroughs died in

, on January 27, 1923, ten days before his 53rd birthday and reportedly of congestion of the lungs caused by "an illness with the grippe and is

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at Pine Grove Cemetery in

Family life

Son of John H. Burroughs and Helen M. Baker, Burroughs married Helen Sophie Phillips in 1898 and they had four sons, Sherman Everett Jr., John Hamilton,

Robert Phillips Burroughs Robert Phillips Burroughs (January 13, 1900 – June 10, 1994), son of Sherman Everett Burroughs, graduated from Manchester High School in 1917. He attended Dartmouth College and earned a master's degree in business administration in 1922. Burrou ...

, and Henry Baker.

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