Carrie Babcock Sherman (November 16, 1856 – October 6, 1931) was the wife of

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...

James S. Sherman, and thus

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from 1909 to 1912. Carrie was the daughter of Lewis Hamilton Babcock, a prominent attorney, and Ellen Catherine Babcock ( née Sherrill). She had two siblings, Sherrill Babcock, a soldier, and Anita Babcock DeLong. Her grandfather was Congressman and Union brigade commander Eliakim Sherrill, killed at Gettysburg. Carrie Babcock married

James Schoolcraft Sherman James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was an American politician who was a United States representative from New York from 1887 to 1891 and 1893 to 1909, and the 27th vice president of the United States under President ...

on January 26, 1881. Carrie and James had known each other since childhood. The couple had three sons: Sherrill B. Sherman (1883–1962), Richard U. Sherman (1884–1951), and Thomas M. Sherman (1885–1944). When her husband became vice-president in March 1909, Carrie became the first second lady to accompany her spouse in the inaugural parade, riding to and from the ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. Sherman is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Utica, New York, alongside her husband.

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