Biographical Sketches of Members of Congress, Members of the Legislature, West Virigina, 1917 This file was submitted by Valerie Crook, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm Biographical Sketches of Members of Congress, Members of the Legislature, West Virigina, 1917 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. pgs. 719 - 752 pg. 737 HARDMAN, PAUL. (Democrat.) Address: Hall- burg, West Va. Delegate from Clay county. Born at Hardman Bend, Calhoun county, February 22, 1886; re- ceived his elementary education in the common schools and later attended Marshll College, at Huntington; is a farmer, lumberman and livestock man; never held pub- lic office until he was elected to represent Clay county in the present Legislature; his committee assignments during sessions of 1917 were as follows: Immigration and Agricul- ture, Executive Offices and Library, Printing and Contin- gent Expenses, Military Affairs, Arts, Science and Gen- eral Improvements.