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Sherman, John (1823–1900)| US Republican politician. Under Rutherford Hayes he was secretary of the Treasury 1877–81, and under William McKinley secretary of state 1897–98. He was responsible for the Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890. |
| Sherman was born in Lancaster, Ohio, and became a lawyer 1844. He entered Congress 1855, and in 1859 was chair of the Committee on Ways and Means. He was senator from Ohio 1861–77 and 1881–97. |
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