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In November 1970, he was elected as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to state Senate District 31.  He defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[nominee]], [[Malouf Abraham, Sr.]], an oilman and two-term state representative from Canadian in Hemphill County. Sherman received 37,593 votes (52.8 percent) to Abraham's 33,637 (47.2 percent). In that same election, the [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] Democrat [[Lloyd Bentsen]] defeated future [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], then a departing [[U.S. Representative]] from Houston, for one of the two Texas seats in the [[U.S. Senate]].<ref>''Texas Almanac 1972/1973," Election returns from November 3, 1970.</ref> Sherman served on several Senate committees and was the Senate President Pro Tempore in 1974. During his tenure, Sherman was named "Best Member of the Legislature" by ''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]].<ref name=agn/>

In November 1970, he was elected as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to state Senate District 31.  He defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[nominee]], [[Malouf Abraham, Sr.]], an oilman and two-term state representative from Canadian in Hemphill County. Sherman received 37,593 votes (52.8 percent) to Abraham's 33,637 (47.2 percent). In that same election, the [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] Democrat [[Lloyd Bentsen]] defeated future [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]], then a departing [[U.S. Representative]] from Houston, for one of the two Texas seats in the [[U.S. Senate]].<ref>''Texas Almanac 1972/1973," Election returns from November 3, 1970.</ref> Sherman served on several Senate committees and was the Senate President Pro Tempore in 1974. During his tenure, Sherman was named "Best Member of the Legislature" by ''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]].<ref name=agn/>

In 1977, Sherman left the Senate to become president of then West Texas State University. He left the presidency in 1982 to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Texas attorney general, a post vacated by [[Mark Wells White]], who instead ran successfully for [[governor]]. U.S. Representative [[Jim Mattox]] of [[Dallas]] won the nomination for attorney general and then defeated in the [[general election]] the Republican [[Bill Meier]], then a state senator from Tarrant County. In 1983, for several months, Sherman worked as special counsel in the administration of Governor White, who had unseated Republican [[Bill Clements]] of Dallas. In 1983, Sherman was named the dean of the LBJ School in Austin. He retired as administrator in 1997 but retained the chair in state and local government and taught courses thereafter on ethics and government.<ref name=agn/>

In 1977, Sherman left the Senate to become president of then West Texas State University. He left the presidency in 1982 to run unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Texas attorney general, a post vacated by [[Mark White]], who instead ran successfully for [[governor]]. U.S. Representative [[Jim Mattox]] of [[Dallas]] won the nomination for attorney general and then defeated in the [[general election]] the Republican [[Bill Meier]], then a state senator from Tarrant County. In 1983, for several months, Sherman worked as special counsel in the administration of Governor White, who had unseated Republican [[Bill Clements]] of Dallas. In 1983, Sherman was named the dean of the LBJ School in Austin. He retired as administrator in 1997 but retained the chair in state and local government and taught courses thereafter on ethics and government.<ref name=agn/>

==Honors and legacy==

==Honors and legacy==