Max Sherman

{{short description|American politician}}

{{distinguish|Max Sherman (Ontario politician)}}

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| nationality = American

| state_senate = Texas

| district = 31st

| term_start = January 12, 1971

| term_end = September 2, 1977{{cite web|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=557|title=Max Sherman|access-date=January 5, 2024|website=Legislative Reference Library of Texas}}

| preceded = Grady Hazlewood

| succeeded = Robert Dale Price

| office2 = President pro tempore of the Texas Senate

| term_start2 = December 18, 1973

| term_end2 = December 20, 1973{{cite web|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/members/presprotem.cfm|title=Presidents Pro Tempore of the Texas Senate, 1846 - present|access-date=January 5, 2024|website=Legislative Reference Library of Texas}}

| preceded2 = O.H. "Ike" Harris

| succeeded2 = James P. Wallace

| birth_name = Max Ray Sherman

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1935|1|19}}

| birth_place = Viola, Arkansas, U.S.

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| death_place =

| party = Democrat

| residence = Austin, Travis County, Texas

| occupation = Lawyer
College president

| alma_mater = Baylor University
University of Texas Law School

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| spouse = {{marriage|Gene Alice Wienbroer|1961}}

| children = 2

| footnotes = Sherman was voted the "Best Member of the Legislature" by Texas Monthly magazine during his state senate tenure from 1971 to 1977.

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Max Ray Sherman (born January 19, 1935) is a Texas politician and educational administrator who served in the Texas State Senate from Amarillo, Texas, and was president of West Texas A&M University in Canyon, and dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.