Roger L. Sherman is an American politician, farmer and schoolteacher from
Hodgdon, Maine
Hodgdon is a rural town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The town borders the province of New Brunswick, Canada to the east and Houlton to the north. Hodgdon's population was 1,290 at the 2020 census.
History
Hodgdon was incorporat ...
. Sherman is a former
Republican
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member of the
Maine House of Representatives
The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and three nonvoting members. The voting members represent an equal number of districts across the state and are elected via p ...
and
Maine Senate
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. Sherman served in the
Maine Legislature
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from 1998 to 2016.
Sherman graduated with a B.A. from the now-defunct
Ricker College
Ricker College was a small college located in Houlton, Maine, Houlton, Maine, United States. It opened in and closed in .
It began as Houlton Academy in 1848, before being subsequently renamed Ricker Classical Institute in 1887. It became Ricker ...
in Houlton, a master's degree in chemistry from the
University of New Hampshire
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, and a
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
degree from the
University of Maine School of Law
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. He was born, raised and lives in
Hodgdon, Maine
Hodgdon is a rural town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The town borders the province of New Brunswick, Canada to the east and Houlton to the north. Hodgdon's population was 1,290 at the 2020 census.
History
Hodgdon was incorporat ...
.
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Sherman served as vice-chair of the rural caucus as a state representative. As a state senator, Sherman served on the Criminal Justice and Public Safety; Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry; and Judiciary committees, as well as the sub-committees on Elections, and Children and Families.][Senator Roger L. Sherman]
Maine.gov
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Living people
Republican Party Maine state senators
Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives
People from Hodgdon, Maine
Ricker College alumni
University of New Hampshire alumni
University of Maine School of Law alumni
Farmers from Maine
21st-century American politicians
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