Hugh Steel Hersman (July 8, 1872 – March 7, 1954) was an American banker, businessman, and politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1919 to 1921.

Biography

Born in

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, Hersman moved to California with his parents, who settled in

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in 1881. He attended the public schools in California. He was graduated from the

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, Tennessee, in 1893. He studied at the

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in 1897 and 1898. He served as president of the First National Bank,

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, from 1914 to 1918, and served as officer and director of various corporations.

Congress

Hersman was elected as a

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to the Sixty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921). He was an unsuccessful for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress, losing the election to

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Later career and death

He served as member of the board of directors of the American Trust Co.,

. He died in

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, California, March 7, 1954. He was interred in Nottingham Cemetery,

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Electoral history

References

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