James S. Sherman | |
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27th Vice President of the United States | |
In office March 4, 1909 – October 30, 1912 | |
President | William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | Charles W. Fairbanks |
Succeeded by | Thomas R. Marshall |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | |
In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1909 | |
Preceded by | James J. Belden |
Succeeded by | Charles S. Millington |
Constituency | 25th district (1893–1903) 27th district (1903–09) |
In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 | |
Preceded by | John T. Spriggs |
Succeeded by | Henry Wilbur Bentley |
Constituency | 23rd district |
Mayor of Utica, New York | |
In office March 1884 – March 1885 | |
Preceded by | John T. Spriggs |
Succeeded by | Thomas E. Kinney |
Personal details | |
Born | James Schoolcraft Sherman October 24, 1855 Utica, New York U.S. |
Died | October 30, 1912 Utica, New York, U.S. | (aged 57)
Resting place | Forest Hill Cemetery Utica, New York, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
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Education | Hamilton College (BA) |
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Nickname | Sunny Jim |
James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was an American politician who served as the 27th vice president of the United States under President William Howard Taft from 1909 until his death in 1912. A member of the Republican Party, Sherman was previously a United States representative from New York from 1887 to 1891 and 1893 to 1909. He was a member of the interrelated Baldwin, Hoar, and Sherman families, prominent lawyers and politicians of New England and New York.
Although not a high-powered administrator, he made a natural congressional committee chairman, and his genial personality eased the workings of the House, so that he was known as 'Sunny Jim'. He was the first vice president to fly in an airplane (1911),[1] and also the first to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game.
Sherman was the seventh and most recent vice president to have died in office.