[2] The elder John C. Sherburne held several local offices in Pomfret, and served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives.
[2][4] During the summer breaks from his university courses, Sherburne studied law in the Bethel office of Hunton and Stickney.
[2] From January 1923 to April 1926, he was Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs (chief assistant) during the governorships of Redfield Proctor Jr. and Franklin S.
[2] In 1934, he was appointed an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, filling the vacancy left by the death of Warner A.
[9] Sherburne died at his home in Randolph on June 30, 1959, as the result of injuries he sustained after a fall down the stairs while moving a suitcase in preparation for a trip to visit his sister in Connecticut.