Canadian politician

Sherman Denison (June 17, 1769 – 1853) was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented the town of Horton in the Nova Scotia House of *embly from 1820 to 1826.

He was born in Horton, Nova Scotia, the son of David Sherman Denison and Sarah Fox. Denison was a colonel in the militia. In 1792, he married Nancy Crane, the daughter of Jonathan Crane. Denison was elected to the provincial *embly in an 1820 by-election held after his father-in-law's death. He also served as a justice of the peace.

Denison came from a political family, and his grandfather, Robert Denison, was a leader of the New England Planters who settled Nova Scotia and later represented King's County in the Nova Scotia House of *embly from 1761 to 1764.

References

• The History of King's County, AWH Eaton (1910)