Carrie Babcock Sherman

{{short description|Second Lady of the United States (1856–1931)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Carrie Babcock Sherman (1856–1931).jpg

| office = Second Lady of the United States

| term_start = March 4, 1909

| term_end = October 30, 1912

| term_label = In role

| vicepresident = James S. Sherman

| predecessor = Cornelia Fairbanks

| successor = Lois Marshall

| birth_name = Carrie Babcock

| birth_date = {{birth date|1856|11|16}}

| birth_place = Utica, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1931|10|6|1856|11|16}}

| death_place = Utica, New York, U.S.

| resting_place = Forest Hill Cemetery
Utica, New York, U.S.

| spouse = {{marriage|James Sherman|January 26, 1881|October 30, 1912|reason=died}}

| children = 3

}}

Carrie Babcock Sherman (November 16, 1856 – October 6, 1931) was the wife of Vice President James S. Sherman and thus second lady of the United States from 1909 to 1912. She was born and died in Utica, New York.

The daughter of Lewis Hamilton Babcock, a prominent attorney, and Ellen Catherine Babcock (née Sherrill),{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zq3-BuDVQfMC&pg=PA261|title=Vice Presidents: A Biographical Dictionary|last=Purcell|first=L. Edward|date=2010-01-01|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=9781438130712|language=en}} 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.

She married James Schoolcraft Sherman on January 26, 1881.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4iNzAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1779|title=Guide to the Presidency and the Executive Branch|last=Nelson|first=Michael|date=2012-08-10|publisher=CQ Press|isbn=9781452234281|language=en}} The two 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.{{Cite web|title=U.S. Senate: James S. Sherman|url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact/Sculpture_22_00027.htm|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.senate.gov}}

Sherman died aged 74, and is buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in Utica, New York, alongside her husband.