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.