Carl G. Sherwood (January 18, 1855 – August 18, 1938) was a justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court from 1922 to 1931.
[1] He did not attend a college, but read law, first with E. K Clark in Binghamton, and then with A. R. McCoy in Clinton, Iowa, to gain admission to the bar in the Dakota Territory, in 1881.
[1] In 1912, Governor Robert S. Vessey appointed Sherwood to a seat on the Third Judicial Circuit Court of South Dakota.
In 1921, Governor William H. McMaster appointed Sherwood to a seat on the South Dakota Supreme Court vacated by the death of Charles S.
[1] He served until he resignation on January 1, 1931, after which he managed several farms that he owned, and maintained a limited legal practice.