What is Alson Sherman?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Alson Sherman | image = Alsonsherman.jpeg | birth_date = {{birth date|1811|4|21}} | birth_place = [[Barre (city), Vermont|Barre]], [[Vermont]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1903|9|27|1811|4|21}} | death_place = [[Waukegan, Illinois|Waukegan]], [[Illinois]] | residence = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] | office = Mayor of Chicago | order = 8th | term_start = March 10, 1844 | term_end = April 2, 1845 | predecessor = [[Augustus Garrett]] | successor = [[Augustus Garrett]] | party = [[United States Independent Democratic Party|Independent Democratic Party]] | religion = | spouse = {{marriage|Aurora Abbott|1833|1883}} | children = Alla, Fannie, Kate, Frank, Flora, Walter, Helen, Mary, Nancy, Abijah, Adeline, Marion, Caira, Lucius, | website = }} '''Alson Sherman''' (April 21, 1811 &ndash; September 27, 1903) was an [[Americans|American]] politician from [[Chicago]] who was the [[Mayor of Chicago]] from 1844 through 1845. Sherman was married to April 21, 1811 in [[Barre, Vermont|Barre]], [[Vermont]].<ref>{{cite news|date=1903-09-23|title=Alson S. Sherman Dead|newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune|location=Chicago|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com|access-date=2012-06-05}}</ref> He was married to Aurora Abbott from 1833 until her death in 1883. They had 14 children. Sherman died on September 27, 1903 in [[Waukegan, Illinois]], aged 92. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Chicago Mayors}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sherman, Alson}} [[Category:1811 births]] [[Category:1903 deaths]] [[Category:Mayors of Chicago]] [[Category:Politicians from Vermont]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]]