John Sherman

thumb|No words can depict, no pen can describe, the wonderful variety, richness, grandeur and beauty which the Almighty has stamped upon this, our favored land. John Sherman (May 10, 1823 – October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio who served in federal office throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He also served as Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State. Sherman sought the Republican presidential nomination three times, coming closest in 1888, but was never chosen by the party. Quotes No words can depict, no pen can describe, the wonderful variety, richness, grandeur and beauty which the Almighty has stamped upon this, our favored land. Every material for human industry, every facility for honorable employment, can be here found. The fisherman, the sailor, the farmer, the miner, the mechanic of very kind, the artist, the merchant, and even the preacher, the doctor, and the lawyer, may here find means of pursuing his vocation. In what part of the habitable globe can any man utter with greater truth the words of the psalmist: "O Lord, how great are thy works"? "America of To-day Contrasted with America of 1776", Address at Roseland Park, Woodstock, CT (July 4, 1885); The Independent, vol. 37, no. 1910 (July 9, 1885), p. 3, col. 3 External links Category:Members of the United States Senate Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives Category:United States Secretaries of State Category:United States Secretaries of the Treasury Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians Category:United States presidential candidates, 1880 Category:United States presidential candidates, 1884 Category:United States presidential candidates, 1888 Category:Methodists from the United States Category:People from Ohio Category:1823 births Category:1900 deaths