Sherman, William Tecumseh (02/08/1820-02/14/1891)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Soldier, civil engineer
  • Number of Terms: 2
  • Committees/Roles: Sherman served as chair of the Building Committee for the United States National Museum Building, now the Arts and Industries Building.

Subject

  • Sherman, William T (William Tecumseh) 1820-1891
  • Board of Regents
  • Citizen Regent
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • Building Committee
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

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Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Mystic Seaport, Inc.; Yale University Art Museum; Army & Navy Club; The White House; U.S. Department of State; Metropolitan Club; Chicago Public Library Cultural Center; Newberry Library; Chicago Historical Society; Public Museum of Grant Rapids; City of Muskegon; Missouri Historical Society; Princeton University; United States Military Academy; Union League Club; State of Ohio, Department of Public Works; Butler Institute of American Art; Athenaeum of Philadelphia; Union League of Philadelphia; Lafayette College; Louisiana State University; RU 95, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Regent type

Citizen

State

District of Columbia

Short Legal Citation

  • 16 Stat. 593 (1871), Res. No. 20
  • 18 Stat. (pt. 3) 523 (1875), J. Res. No. 1
  • 20 Stat. 249 (1878), Res. No. 15
  • 24 Stat. 339 (1886), J. Res. No. 2

Notes

  • American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999; Dictionary of American Biography. Volumes 1-20. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928-1936; Who Was Who in America. A component volume of "Who's Who in American History," Historical Volume, 1608-1896. Revised Edition. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.
  • See SI Annual Report for 1884, p. xvii for end date of Meigs' tenure as Regent.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 2/2/1871-1874; 3/25/1878-3/25/1885

Topic

  • Officers
  • Construction (Buildings)
  • Regents
  • Military
  • Armed Forces--Officers

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

Biographies

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