Video: 'Ebru Today-DC Connection-27th Vice President James S. Sherman'

(Wednesday, October 24, 1855) — James S. Sherman, the 27th vice president of the United States, serving from 1909 until his death in 1912, under President William Howard Taft, was born today in Utica, New York.

Video: 'Hidden History Sherman'

Sherman was the first vice president to fly in an airplane (1911), and also the first to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game.

He was the seventh and most recent vice president to have died in office.