Francis Cornwall Sherman
5th Mayor of Chicago

“The most important interest in the city is that of public education, for upon it depends, to a great extent, the security of person and property, public and private morality, and political freedom.”
-Francis C. Sherman

Party:
Democrat

Elected:
1st term:
March 5, 1841
Defeated Isaac R. Gavin (Whig)
2nd term:
April 15, 1862
Defeated Charles N. Holden (Republican)
3rd term:
April 21, 1863
Defeated Thomas B. Bryan (Union)
 
Inaugurations:
1st Term: March 4, 1841: Inaugural Address
2nd Term: May 5, 1862: Inaugural Address
3rd Term: May 4, 1863: Inaugural Address

Terms of office:
1st term: 1841-1842
2nd term: 1862-1863
3rd term: 1863-1865

Birth:
September 18, 1805
Newton, CT

Personal:
Married Miss Electa Trowbridge of Danbury, CT before moving to Chicago and had 7 children.
He was selected as one of the first board of trustees of the town of Chicago, of which body he was a member until the town, as a corporation, ceased to exist.  He was also a member of the first board of aldermen.
Sherman served as alderman of the 1st Ward before being elected as mayor, on the Board of County Commissioners and in the Illinois State Legislature
Worked in brick making and construction
Owner of Sherman House

Death:
November 7, 1870
Chicago, IL

Gravesite:
Graceland Cemetery, Chicago

Sources:
Andreas, A. T.  History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1884-86.
Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Chicago Tribune, April 16, 1862, pg. 4.
Chicago Tribune, April 22, 1863, pg. 4.
Chicago Tribune, November 11, 1870, pg. 4.