Sherman Adams Packard was born on February 25,1949 and is an American politician in the state of New Hampshire.
12 Facts About Sherman Packard
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Sherman Packard is the speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, sitting as a Republican from the Rockingham 5 district, having been first elected in 1990.
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Sherman Packard was named after former New Hampshire governor Sherman Adams.
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Sherman Packard's father was Norman A Packard, a former President of the New Hampshire Senate.
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In 2010, after Republicans flipped the chamber, Sherman Packard declined to be a candidate for the Republican nomination for the speakership.
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Sherman Packard was appointed vice chair of the legislative administration committee.
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In November 2017, after the resignation of Speaker Shawn Jasper to serve as New Hampshire Commissioner of Agriculture, Sherman Packard was appointed deputy speaker, the house's second-ranking presiding officer, by newly elected speaker Gene Chandler, the previous deputy speaker.
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Sherman Packard lost his post as deputy speaker when Democrats flipped the house in the 2018 elections.
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Sherman Packard was selected by the house Republican caucus as the Republican nominee for speaker after opponents Al Baldasaro and Timothy Lang Sr.
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Sherman Packard then appointed fellow Republican representative Steven Smith as his successor as deputy speaker, retaining the rest of Hinch's leadership team.
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Sherman Packard formally apologized to Copp and other representatives later in session the same day.
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In 2022, Sherman Packard introduced a bill to ban motorcycle profiling.