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Sherman Price

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"Sherman Price," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/873.
Position
Grounds Laborer
Years in President's House
circa 1929
Legal Status
Free Person
Gender
Male
Race/Ethnicity
Black or African American
Presidency
Herbert Hoover
Biography
Sherman Price was born in Virginia around 1901. (1) As early as 1929, he was assigned to the White House as a laborer from the Office of Public Buildings and Parks. (2) He may have worked on the White House Grounds or at the White House greenhouses near the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on the National Mall, but further information about his life and career is scarce.
(1) Sherman Price in the 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0223; FHL microfilm: 2340033, Ancestry.com.
(2) Employees on Duty at the Executive Office, 1929, Lou Henry Hoover Papers, Subject Files, White House Christmas 1929, Herbert Hoover Presidential Library.
Birthplace
Virginia, USA