Sherman, James Schoolcraft (1855-1912), served as vice president of the United States from 1909 to 1912 under President William Howard Taft. Sherman died on Oct. 30, 1912, while running with Taft for reelection. It was too late to replace Sherman on the ballot, and Taft and Sherman received about 31/2 million popular votes and eight electoral votes. The Republican National Committee chose Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler to receive Sherman’s electoral votes.
Sherman was born on Oct. 24, 1855, in Utica, New York. He started practicing law in 1880 and served as mayor of Utica in 1884. He was in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887 to 1891 and from 1893 to 1909.
