Doug Scamman | |
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Speaker of the Delaware House of Representatives | |
In office 1967–1972 | |
Preceded by | Harold T. Bockman |
Succeeded by | William L. Frederick |
Member of the Delaware House of Representatives for New Castle County | |
In office 1967–1972 | |
Personal details | |
Born | George Clark Hering III 1930 (age 93–94) Wilmington,Delaware,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Dickinson College |
George Clark Hering III (born 1930) is an American politician and lawyer in the state of Delaware.
Hering was born in Wilmington in 1930 and earned a law degree at the Dickinson School of Law in 1959 after completing his bachelor's degree in 1953. [1] He was admitted to the bar in 1959. [2] Hering was first elected to the Delaware House of Representatives in 1966 and served as Speaker of the House from 1967 to 1970. He continued to serve as a state representative until 1972,then returned to his law practice in Wilmington. [1]
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