GENERAL JOHN F. SHEEHAN

 

GENERAL JOHN F. SHEEHAN, Register of the United States Land Office, is a journalist by profession, having entered a newspaper office at a very early age.  As son as his age permitted, he entered the Union army, enlisting in the Twenty-fifth Regiment, Maine Infantry, and served in the Army of the Potomac.  After the war closed he came to the Pacific coast, and engaged in journalism.  In 1867 he was connected with the organization of the Sacramento Record, and afterward became one of the proprietors of the Sacramento Bee; was one half owner and identified with its management for twelve years, and then bought a half interest in the San Francisco Post, and was managing editor for some years.

     Although a comparatively young man, General Sheehan has had an experience of over thirty years in journalism.  He has been prominently identified wit the National Guard for twenty years.  In the spring of 1880 he was appointed Brigadier-General of the Fourth Brigade, by Governor Perkins, and afterward received the appointment of Adjutant General of the State.  He was appointed Bank Commissioner in 1882, but could not accept it on account of his journalistic duties.  He was appointed Register of the United States Land office, by President Harrison, in May, 1890.  This appointment was entirely unsolicited on his part.  General Sheehan has always been a consistent Republican since the election of Lincoln.  He has served as delegate to several State conventions, and actively is identified with the success of the party.