Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1908 — SHERMAN NOMINATED FOR VICE-PRESIDENT [ARTICLE]

SHERMAN NOMINATED FOR VICE-PRESIDENT

New York Congressman Named Friday Morning on tbe First Ballot. 1 ■■■■■■■» Chicago, June 19. —Hon, James S. Sherman, of New York, representative in the lower house of the national congress, was nominated by the Chicago Convention for Vice-President on the first ballot, this morning at 11:45 o’clock, and three minutes later the convention adjourned sine die. Taft’s running mate has been the favorite since it was announced that Fairbanks would not have the nomination, and the New York delegation has been busy since the convention first opened in promoting the interests o * .■ of their man. , - V

James Schoolcraft Sherman waa horn in Utica, N. Y., October 24, 1855. He has been a member of congress for years, but his election each time has not been by large majorities. He was elected first to the Fiftieth Congress, and since then has served in the Fifty-firtst, Fifty-third, Fiftyfourth, Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, Fiftyseventh, Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses. By a majoritjr of 4,270 votes he was re-elected to the sixtieth Congress. His district is the Twenty-fifth congressional district of the State of New York, more commonly known as the Utica district. He has long been looked upon as one of the most popular members of the House. The general public will remember him for the conspicious part he took in the Investigation of the postofflce frauds when Neely was made unpleasantly prominent in the exposure. , Before entering on his career as a

national legislator, he practiced tow. He is equipped with an and collegiate education, gradoams from Hamilton College in the clfyNl of 1878. In 1880 he was admitted‘to the bar, practicing law tor many yoars and is still a practicing lawyir. He is president of the Utica Trust |nd Deposit Company and president of |to New Hartford Canning Company. In addition to his service in the House, he has been mayor of Utica (elecfjld. In 1884); delegate to the republic§HLnational convention in 1892; chalnupa, of the New York State Republtcpus* convention In 1895; and again in 1400, and was chairman of the national, republican congressional committee im 1906. He is not regarded as an orator,hut has the reputation of being an aljle presiding officer. He has often occupied the chair temporarily in tho absence of the speaker and when some of the most important questions were, under consideration.