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(August 17, 1835 — March 24, 1919) Sherrod was an American politician and planter. William Sherrod was born in Lawrence County, Alabama and began his political career in 1859. He served as a member of the State House of Representatives and served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-First Congress from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1871. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000352]
Member of Alabama Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.
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