Sherman Moreland

Sherman Moreland (October 16, 1868 – December 27, 1951) was an American lawyer and politician from New York and the Philippines.

In 1907, he sponsored the Moreland Act, which allows the governor to investigate any public department within the state, a power previously held only by the legislature.

He remained on the bench until 1917, when he joined the Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army.

He retired, with the rank of colonel, from the army in 1929 and resumed his law practice in Van Etten.

He died on December 27, 1951, at his home in Van Etten, New York;[3] and was buried at the Canfield Cemetery there.