What is Francis Cornwall Sherman?
{{unreferenced|date=December 2012}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Francis Cornwall Sherman |image = Francissherman.jpeg |birth_date = {{Birth date|1805|9|18|mf=y}} |birth_place = [[Newtown, Connecticut|Newtown]], [[Connecticut]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1870|11|7|1805|9|18|mf=y}} |death_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] |residence = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] |office = Mayor of Chicago |order = 5th |term_start = 1841 |term_end = 1842 |predecessor = [[Alexander Loyd]] |successor = [[Benjamin Wright Raymond]] |office2 = Mayor of Chicago |order2= 23rd |term_start2 = 1862 |term_end2 = 1865 |predecessor2 = [[Julian Sidney Rumsey]] |successor2 = [[John Blake Rice]] |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |religion = |spouse = Electa Trowbridge (?-1870) (his death) |children = 7 |website = }} '''Francis Cornwall Sherman''' (September 18, 1805 &ndash; November 7, 1870) served as Mayor of [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] two terms (1841–1842, 1862–1865) for the Democratic Party. Sherman was born on September 18, 1805 in [[Newtown, Connecticut|Newton]], [[Connecticut]]. He was a brick manufacturer and made the bricks for Archibald Clybourne's mansion. In July 1835, he was elected a village trustee. In 1837, he opened the City Hotel, later the Sherman House. He continued to work as a contractor and builder, eventually serving as mayor of Chicago three times. His son, Francis Trowbridge Sherman, was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Sherman died on November 7, 1870 in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], aged 65. He was married to Electa Trowbridge in [[Danbury]], [[Connecticut]] before moving here in Chicago. They had seven children. ==Other websites== *[http://www.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/cplarchive/mayors/sherman_inaug01.php First Inaugural Address] *[http://www.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/cplarchive/mayors/sherman_inaug02.php Second Inaugural Address] *[http://www.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/cplarchive/mayors/sherman_inaug03.php Third Inaugural Address] {{US-bio-stu