In 1927, he organized the moribund state Republican Party. After the election, Herbert Hoover appointed Sheldon the Mississippi state head of the Internal Revenue Service. He ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1947, having polled only 2.5 percent of the ballots cast. Death Sheldon died in Greenville, Mississippi, on April 4, 1960. He is interred at Greenville Cemetery. References External links papers at the Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved on November 16, 2009. National Governors Association |- 1870 births 1960 deaths Republican Party governors of Nebraska People from Cass County, Nebraska People from Greenville, Mississippi Farmers from Mississippi Republican Party Nebraska state senators Republican Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives Military personnel from Nebraska Harvard University alumni Pershing Riflemen Burials in Mississippi University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni