Background
Herrick was born on October 28, 1824 in Alfred, Maine to Benjamin J. and Mary (Conant) Herrick.
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Herrick graduated from Bowdoin College in 1844.
Career
In 1847 he was admitted to the bar and began a law practice in North Berwick, Maine. Later that year he moved to Saugus, Massachusetts and practiced law in Boston. In 1862, Herrick was appointed Draft Commissioner for Essex County by Governor John Albion Andrew.
In May 1863 he was commissioned Captain and Provost Marshall for the Sixth District of Massachusetts by United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
He was mustered out on October 15, 1865. In November 1865, Herrick was elected Sheriff of Essex County.
He was reelected to nine consecutive thee-year terms. In 1892 Herrick refused renomination.
On January 1, 1866, Herrick moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts.
He was also the founding president of the Industrial School for Boys and a trustee of the Lawrence Savings Bank. Herrick married Isabella Sewell Paine, daughter of John Treat Paine and Mary East. Rice (Goodwin) Paine on August 23, 1848. They had three children, Frederick Saint Clair Herrick (1850–1884), John Saint Clair Herrick (1855–1855), and Alice Bigelow Herrick (1856–1856).
Paine died on January 12, 1857 in Saugus at the age of 26.
He died on April 18, 1904 at their home in Lawrence.
Membership
From 1871 to 1873 he was also a member of the Massachusetts Board of Prison Commissioners. There he served as a member of the School Board. In Lawrence he was an active member of the Haverhill Street Church.
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