Hugh S. Hersman
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Biography
Born in Port Deposit, Maryland, Hersman moved to California with his parents, who settled in Berkeley in 1881. He attended the public schools in California. He was graduated from the Southwestern Presbyterian University, Tennessee, in 1893. He studied at the University of California at Berkeley in 1897 and 1898.
He served as president of the First National Bank, Gilroy, California, from 1914 to 1918, and served as officer and director of various corporations.
Congress
Hersman was elected as a Democrat 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 Republican Arthur M. Free.
Later career and death
He served as member of the board of directors of the American Trust Co., Gilroy, California. He died in San Francisco, California, March 7, 1954. He was interred in Nottingham Cemetery, Colora, Maryland.
Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Hugh S. Hersman | Script error: No such module "string". | 53% | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Everis A. Hayes (Incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 47% | |||
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100% | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Arthur M. Free | Script error: No such module "string". | 64% | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Hugh S. Hersman (Incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 36% | |||
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100% | ||||
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