HERSMAN, ALEXANDER MORRISON. (Republican.) Address: Spencer, West Va. One of the representatives from Roane. Born in that county August 22, 1858; educated in public schools of Spencer and Burnsville, Braxton county, where he lived for three years; returned from there to Roane where he has engaged in farming and stock raising, near Spencer; served eight years on the district school board; was never a candidate for a political office until 1914, when he was elected to the Legislature; re-elected in 1916; in the sessions of 1917 served on the House standing committees on Elections and Privileges, Printing and Contingent Expenses, Immigration and Agriculture.


Source: West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, 1917, Compiled and Edited by John T. Harris, Clerk of the Senate, The Tribune Printing Co., Charleston, West Va., pg. 738

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