Sherwood L. Boehlert
| Sherwood Boehlert | |
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Boehlert at a press conference
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| Chairman of the House Science and Technology Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Speaker | Dennis Hastert |
| Preceded by | Jim Sensenbrenner |
| Succeeded by | Bart Gordon |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 24th district |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | John M. McHugh |
| Succeeded by | Michael Arcuri |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 23rd district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Michael R. McNulty |
| Succeeded by | John M. McHugh |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 25th district |
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In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Hamilton Fish IV |
| Succeeded by | James T. Walsh |
| Oneida County Executive | |
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In office January 1, 1980 – December 31, 1982 |
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| Preceded by | William E. Bryant |
| Succeeded by | John D. Plumley |
| Personal details | |
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September 28, 1936 Utica, New York |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Marianne Willey |
| Residence | New Hartford, New York |
| Alma mater | Utica College |
| Occupation | plant manager, political assistant |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Sherwood Louis "Sherry" Boehlert (born September 28, 1936) is a retired 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.
Boehlert was born in Utica, New York to Elizabeth Monica Champoux and Sherwood Boehlert, and graduated from Utica College. He served two years in the United States Army (1956–1958) and then worked as a manager of public relations for Wyandotte Chemical Company.
After leaving Wyandotte, Boehlert served as Chief of Staff for two upstate Congressmen, Alexander Pirnie and Donald J. Mitchell; following this, he was elected the county executive of Oneida County, New York, serving from 1979 to 1983. After his four-year term as county executive, he ran successfully for Congress in the elections of 1982. He was re-elected to every Congress subsequent until his retirement.
Mitchell did not run for reelection in 1982. Boehlert entered the Republican primary to succeed him in the district, which has been renumbered from the 31st to the 25th in redistricting. He won the primary with 56% of the vote. He won the general election by defeating Democrat Anita Maxwell 56%–42%.
After that, he won re-election every two years until he decided to retire, and not seek re-election in 2006. His district number changed twice, each time after redistricting-- from the 25th (1983-1993) to the 23rd (1993-2003) to the 24th (2003- 2007). He was challenged in the Republican primary five times: 1986 (67%), 1996 (65%), 2000 (57%), 2002 (53%), and 2004 (60%). His lowest re-election winning percentage in the general election was 57%, in his last re-election in 2004 when he defeated Democrat Jeff Miller 57%–34%.
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