Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-11-06
vICE-PRES|DENT OF
UNITED STATES DEAD
Passed Away Wednesday Night in
Utica, N. Y.
HAD BEEN MANY MONTHS ILL
James Schoolcraft Sherman Had a
Distinguished Career

a
Republican ticket with President
Taft, died Wednesday night, Octo-
Der 30, 1912. at his home in Utica,
n. Y, surrounded by the members
OF his family, at the age of 81 years.
Death was due to uremic poison
ing. due to an aggravated case of
kidney trouble from which the Vice
President had suffered for months.
Since Monday Vice President
Sherman had bee delirious, and it |
was known that his death was only |
a question of days at most.
James Schoolcratt Sherman was
born in Utica, n. Y, on October -,
1853. His parents were Richard U.
Sherman, journalist by profession,
aud Mary Frances Sherman, both OF
English descent, He attended the
public schools of Utica and in 1878
was graduated from Hamilton Col
lege, which is suburb OF that city
Two years later he was admitted to
the bar ADD he continued to practice
law until the beginning of the year
1907.
Although his father had been a
strong Democrat, Mr.. Sherman al
lied himself at the age of twenty-five
with the Repub lican party. His
rise in its ranks was steady. In
1888 be became Oneida County
Chairman and one year later he was
elected Mayor, at the age of twenty
nine.
His congressional career began in
1887 and lasted, with one years ex-
C ption, until he ran for Vice Presi-
dent with Taft in 1908,
The part Sherman played in the
National Councils Of the Republican
party was more felt than observed,
but it was always Of highest impor-
lance. He was invariably consulted
in the mapping out of national cam
paigns.
Before Sherman 5 election to the
Vice Presidency two things in par
! ticular had served TO make hin
prominent as a national figure. They
were the Roosevelt Hartman atfail
aud the Congressional calpaigl
] plan of $1.00 contributions. In tn
o Hartman matter, President Roose
welt made Sherman the intermedl
e airy, addressing to him the famou
/, letter containing the shorter an
uglier" word. Meanwhile Sherma
t had come to be widely known a
l. Dollar Jim" AS chairman Of Cor
g gressional Campaign Committee
1908, he sent out calls for 800 sui
scriptions. Afterwards he said tn;
~ these small gifts had practically d.
frayed the expenses
a When Sherman name was pr
le scented TO the Chicago convention
r. 1908, his most enthusiastic supper
" came from the western states, whe
" he was known on account OF b
i'd work on the Indian Affairs Comm
Is tee. He had the solid vote of Ok
ne homa, his nomination being secon
ID ed by delegate from that territor
st He received the votes of all the te
of ritor es in the convention.
n The Vice Presidents marriage
,e. Miss Carrie BabcocK OF East Orane
r. n. j., granddaughter of Color
til Eliakim Sheriff., a noted Wing lea
he err in New York in the days of Hen
lie, Clay, took place in 1881. His CHI
III rem are Sheriff., banker; Rlcha
an Hugh, a Hamilton college matt
lin mates professor, and Thomas
nd an official in one of his fathe
est companies-all married and re
nut dents of Utica.
ed The Vice President was an Elk
rb, trustee of Hamilton college, a me
ice Der of the Ouch Reform Church
,as member of many clubs, and br
ness man OF wide interests.
on. Funeral services were held Sat
I'd day afternoon, attended by Pre-
left dent Taft and other high COVE
nv. ment officials. Private servi
OK; we're held at the h ome of the V
left President, followed by pubic 5
vice in the FIRST Presbytel
cnurch. The body was placed /