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Sheridan was born in Milford , Massachusetts , and moved with his parents to Chicago , Illinois in 1858. During the Civil War , he served as a Captain in the Union Army , resigning October 28 , 1864 . After the war, Sheridan was one of a group of Northern officials who moved in to administer the defeated Southern states (often derisively referred to by Southerners as " Carpetbagger s"). In 1866, he moved to New Orleans , Louisiana ; there he served as Brigadier General of Militia on the staff of the appointed Republican governor of Louisiana, Henry Warmouth . In 1867 , Sheridan was made Sheriff of Carroll Parish, Louisiana . Sheridan was elected to the House in 1872 , after running against P. B. S. Pinchback , who was to become noted as the first black governor of a U.S. state. Pinchback contested Sheridan's seat, and the matter wasn't fully settled until February of 1875 , when the House Committee on Elections decided that Sheridan had won. After his service in the House, he was appointed Recorder of Deeds in the District Of Columbia , serving from May 17 , 1878 to May 17 , 1881 , when he retired. Sheridan died in the National Soldiers' Home in Virginia ; he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery . EXTERNAL LINKS |