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James S. Sherman
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vice president of the United States from 1909 to 1912 (1855–1912)
Key facts
- President
- William Howard Taft
- Preceded by
- Charles W. Fairbanks
- Succeeded by
- Thomas R. Marshall
- Constituency
- 25th district (1893–1903), 27th district (1903–09)
- Born
- James Schoolcraft Sherman , ( 1855-10-24 ) October 24, 1855, Utica, New York , U.S.
- Died
- October 30, 1912 (1912-10-30) (aged 57), Utica, New York, U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Hill Cemetery
- Party
- Republican
- Spouse
- Carrie Babcock ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. January 26, 1881</span>"}]]}'>1881 )
- Parent
- Richard U. Sherman (father)
- Education
- Hamilton College ( BA )
- Occupation
- Attorney politician
- Nickname
- Sunny Jim
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Utica
- Place of death
- Utica
- Spouse
- Carrie Babcock Sherman
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Position held
- Vice President of the United States
- Educated at
- Hamilton College
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- James S. Sherman facing straight.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
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- Commons category
- James Sherman
- date of birth
- 1855-10-24
- date of death
- 1912-10-30
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- James Schoolcraft Sherman
- archives at
- New York Public Library Main Branch
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Encyclopedic overview
James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was the 27th vice president of the United States, serving from 1909 until his death in 1912, under President William Howard Taft. 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), 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.
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