Sherwood Boehlert

Sherwood Boehlert
Chair of the House Science Committee
In office
January 3, 2001  January 3, 2007
Preceded byJim Sensenbrenner
Succeeded byBart Gordon
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
In office
January 3, 1983  January 3, 2007
Preceded byDonald J. Mitchell (redistricting)
Succeeded byMike Arcuri
Constituency25th district (1983–1993)
23rd district (1993–2003)
24th district (2003–2007)
Executive of Oneida County
In office
January 1, 1980  December 31, 1982
Preceded byWilliam Bryant
Succeeded byJohn Plumley
Personal details
Born
Sherwood Louis Boehlert

(1936-09-28)September 28, 1936
Utica, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 20, 2021(2021-09-20) (aged 84)
New Hartford, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Jean Bone
(m. 1959; div. 1976)
    Marianne Willey
    (m. 1976)
    EducationUtica College (BA)

    Sherwood Louis Boehlert (September 28, 1936  September 20, 2021) was an American politician from New York. He represented a large swath of central New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007. Boehlert, a Republican, was considered to be a member of the party's moderate wing. He served as Chairman of the Science Committee from 2001 to 2006.