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Sherwood (ISAAC R an American public)

ISAAC R., an American public official, born at Stanford, N. Y., in 1835. He was educated at Antioch College, Ohio, and the Ohio Law College, Cleveland, Ohio. He served in the Civil War, entering the army as a Civil War,antering the army as in the Civi private, and eventually rising to the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers. From 1869 to 1873 he was secretary of state of Ohio; from 1873 to 1875, he was a member of the 43rd Congress from the 6th Ohio District; and from 1878 to 1884 he was a probate judge. In 1907 he was re-elected from the 9th Ohio District, being re-elected regularly from that time on and serving in the 60th to the 66th (1907 to 1921). At various times, beginning with 1865 and up to 1898, he was successively editor of the Toledo, Ohio, "Commercial"; the Cleveland, Ohio, "Leader"; the Toledo, Ohio, "Journal"; and the Canton, Ohio, "News Democrat."

While serving in Congress, he was the author of the Sherwood "Dollar-a-Day Bill" and the "Medal of Honor Bill." He was a member of the G. A. R., and of the Loyal Legion.