| Richard U. Sherman | |
| State Assembly: | New York |
| District: | 1st Oneida County |
| Term Start: | January 1, 1875 |
| Term End: | December 31, 1876 |
| Predecessor: | George W. Chadwick |
| Successor: | James Corbett |
| Term Start1: | January 1, 1857 |
| Term End1: | December 31, 1857 |
| Predecessor1: | George F. Fowler |
| Successor1: | Henry R. Hart |
| Office2: | Clerk of the New York State Assembly |
| Term Start2: | January 7, 1851 |
| Term End2: | January 6, 1857 |
| Predecessor2: | James R. Rose |
| Successor2: | William Richardson |
| Birth Name: | Richard Updike Sherman |
| Birth Date: | 26 June 1819 |
| Birth Place: | Vernon, New York, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Forest Hill Cemetery |
| Children: | 6, including James |
| Signature: | Richard U. Sherman signature.svg |
| Signature Alt: | Cursive signature of Richard U. Sherman |
| Branch: | New York State Militia |
| Serviceyears: | 1841–1857 |
| Rank: | Brigadier general |
Richard Updike Sherman (June 26, 1819 – February 21, 1895) was a New York State politician and newspaper publisher and editor. He was also the father of the 27th Vice President of the United States James S. Sherman.
Sherman was born on June 26, 1819, in Vernon, New York. He attended Utica Academy.
Sherman married his distant cousin, Mary Frances Sherman, in 1848. They had six children: Richard W., a civil engineer and two-term mayor of Utica, New York; Stalham W. (died 1894), superintendent and treasurer of New Hartford Canning Co.; Mary Louise, married her brother James's law partner, Henry J. Cookinham; James Schoolcraft Sherman (1855–1912), 27th vice president of the United States; Sanford F., owner of S. F. Sherman Men’s Furnishings; Willet H. (died 1868).
From 1844 to 1846, Sherman was editor of the Oswego Daily Times & The Herkimer Journal. In 1847, he owned and edited the Rochester Daily Evening Gazette. From 1847 to 1882, he was co-owner and editor of the Utica Morning Herald.
Sherman was appointed as Clerk of the New York State Assembly in 1851, when the Whig Party took control of the chamber. Following the collapse of the Whig Party in 1856, he became a member of the nascent Republican Party and served clerk until his election as assemblyman for Oneida County's 1st district in 1857. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1867–1868 and was an assistant clerk of the United States House of Representatives in 1870.
During the 1872 U.S. House of Representatives elections, Sherman was jointly nominated by the Liberal Republican Party and Democratic Party for the state's New York's 22nd congressional district but lost to Ellis H. Roberts. Thereafter, he affiliated himself with the Democrats. He was elected to his old seat in the state assembly for the legislature's 1875 and 1876 sessions.
After leaving the state legislature for the second time, Sherman served on the New York State Fish and Game Commission, as a trustee of the New Hartford Cotton Company, and as president of the New Hartford Canning Company. He died in New Hartford on February 21, 1895.