존 셔먼

소개

존 셔먼(John Sherman, 1823년 5월 10일~1900년 10월 22일)은 미국의 정치인이자 재정가다. 러더퍼드 B. 헤이스 대통령 시절 재무부 장관을 역임했고, 윌리엄 매킨리 대통령 시절에는 국무부 장관을 역임했다.

John Sherman 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. Between 1861 and 1897, John Sherman served in the U.S. Senate for nearly 32 years and holds the record for longest serving senator from the state of Ohio.