Samuel Sherwood (New York politician)

Samuel Sherwood (April 24, 1779 – October 31, 1862) was a United States Representative from New York.

Sherwood's home near the confluence of the West Branch Delaware River and Little Delaware River included a farm, and he was also involved in local business ventures, including a tannery and a grist mill.

In addition to his legal and business interests, Sherwood was active in the New York Militia as paymaster of Colonel Elisha Butler's regiment.

He was not a candidate for renomination to the Fourteenth Congress and resumed the practice of his profession in Delhi, In 1814, Sherwood married Laura Bostwick of New Milford, Connecticut.

[1] In 1830 Sherwood moved to New York City, where he continued to practice law until retiring in 1858.