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Elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1886, [[James Sherman|Sherman]] was a supporter of high tariffs, as advocated by [[William McKinley]], a measure seen by supporters as protecting the interests of US producers, manufacturers and labor.  [[James Sherman|Sherman]] lost his seat in 1890 over the high tariff issue, but was reelected in 1890 and remained a US Representative until he became Vice President in 1909.   

Elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1886, [[James Sherman|Sherman]] was a supporter of high tariffs, as advocated by [[William McKinley]], a measure seen by supporters as protecting the interests of US producers, manufacturers and labor.  [[James Sherman|Sherman]] lost his seat in 1890 over the high tariff issue, but was reelected in 1890 and remained a US Representative until he became Vice President in 1909.   

As Vice President, [[James Sherman|Sherman]] was well ahead of his time in advocating a strait connecting the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] oceans <ref>[http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0265010-0 Grolier Encyclopedia]</ref> , although he wanted this to be done through Nicaragua, as opposed to Panama <ref>[http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0265010-0 Grolier Encyclopedia,ibid.]</ref>, ostensibly because of the deaths that had occurred when French builders dug there in the 1880s <ref>[http://www.serve.com/CZBrats/Builders/FRCanal/failure.htm The French Failure - Panama Canal]</ref> .  Whether to build the canal in Nicaragua or in Panama had been previously debated as far back as the [[Ulysses Grant|Grant]] Administration <ref>[http://www.pancanal.com/eng/history/history/index.html History of the Panama Canal]</ref> , and [[James Sherman|Sherman]] came out clearly in favor of Nicaragua.  [[James Sherman|Sherman] was also an advocate for expanded Native American rights <ref>[http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0265010-0 Grolier Encyclopedia; ibid.]</ref> , but, as President of the [[Senate]], was mostly concerned with proper parliamentary procedure.   

As Vice President, [[James Sherman|Sherman]] was well ahead of his time in advocating a strait connecting the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] oceans <ref>[http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0265010-0 Grolier Encyclopedia]</ref> , although he wanted this to be done through Nicaragua, as opposed to Panama <ref>[http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0265010-0 Grolier Encyclopedia,ibid.]</ref>, ostensibly because of the deaths that had occurred when French builders dug there in the 1880s <ref>[http://www.serve.com/CZBrats/Builders/FRCanal/failure.htm The French Failure - Panama Canal]</ref> .  Whether to build the canal in Nicaragua or in Panama had been previously debated as far back as the [[Ulysses Grant|Grant]] Administration <ref>[http://www.pancanal.com/eng/history/history/index.html History of the Panama Canal]</ref> , and [[James Sherman|Sherman]] came out clearly in favor of Nicaragua.  [[James Sherman|Sherman]] was also an advocate for expanded Native American rights <ref>[http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0265010-0 Grolier Encyclopedia; ibid.]</ref> , but, as President of the [[Senate]], was mostly concerned with proper parliamentary procedure.   

After a bitter fight with [[Theodore Roosevelt]] for control of the [[New York]] [[Republican Party]], one that contributed to [[Theodore Roosevelt|Roosevelt]]'s establishment of the [[Bull Moose Party]], [[James Sherman|Sherman]] found [[William Taft|President William Howard Taft]] and himself fighting a three way battle for reelection in 1912.  [[James Sherman|Sherman]] passed away on October 20, 1912, days before election day.  His electoral votes were given to Nicolas Murray Butler, then President of [[Columbia University]] <ref>The Tribune Almanac and Political Register by Horace Greeley, John Fitch Cleveland, F. J. Ottarson, Alexander Jacob Schem, Edward McPherson, Henry Eckford Rhoades, 1914 edition pg. 379</ref> .  

After a bitter fight with [[Theodore Roosevelt]] for control of the [[New York]] [[Republican Party]], one that contributed to [[Theodore Roosevelt|Roosevelt]]'s establishment of the [[Bull Moose Party]], [[James Sherman|Sherman]] found [[William Taft|President William Howard Taft]] and himself fighting a three way battle for reelection in 1912.  [[James Sherman|Sherman]] passed away on October 20, 1912, days before election day.  His electoral votes were given to Nicolas Murray Butler, then President of [[Columbia University]] <ref>The Tribune Almanac and Political Register by Horace Greeley, John Fitch Cleveland, F. J. Ottarson, Alexander Jacob Schem, Edward McPherson, Henry Eckford Rhoades, 1914 edition pg. 379</ref> .