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As Vice President, Sherman was well ahead of his time in advocating [[Panama Canal|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 Sherman came out clearly in favor of Nicaragua. 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 [[United States Senate|Senate]], was mostly concerned with proper parliamentary procedure.   

As Vice President, Sherman was well ahead of his time in advocating [[Panama Canal|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 Sherman came out clearly in favor of Nicaragua. 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 [[United States Senate|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]], Sherman found [[William Taft|President William Howard Taft]] and himself fighting a three way battle for reelection in 1912. 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]], Sherman found [[William Taft|President William Howard Taft]] and himself fighting a three-way battle for reelection in 1912. 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>

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