Vice President under William Taft March 4, 1909 until October 30, 1912
SHERMAN, James Schoolcraft, a
Representative from New York and a Vice President of the United States; born in
Utica, N.Y., October 24, 1855; attended the public schools; pursued academic and
collegiate courses and graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1878;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced practice in Utica,
N.Y.; president of the Utica Trust & Deposit Co. and of the New Hartford
Canning Co.; mayor of Utica 1884; elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and
Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; elected to the Fifty-third and
to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1909); was not a
candidate for reelection, having been nominated as the Republican candidate for
Vice President on the ticket with William Taft; elected Vice President of the
United States in 1908 and served from March 4, 1909, until his death; had been
renominated for Vice President in June 1912; died in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y.,
October 30, 1912; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.- -Biographical
Data courtesy of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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The United Colonies 1st
government began in a Philadelphia Tavern
and the United States 1st federal government ended in a
NYC Tavern!
The Founders convened the government in 11 different capitol buildings and
experienced 15 years of challenges that
included war,
hyper-inflation, a failed
constitution, judicial corruption, armed citizen and U.S. Army rebellions.
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