Background
Hagerman, Herbert James was born on December 15, 1871 in Milwaukee. Son of James J. and Anna O. (Osborne) Hagerman.
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Herbert James Hagerman
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Education
Bachelor of Laws, Cornell Univercity, 1894. Unmarried.
Career
Practiced law, Colorado, 1897-1898. 2d secretary American Embassy in Russia, 1898-1901. Territorial governor of New Mexico, 1906-1907.
President New Mexico Taxpayers’ Association, 1915-1933.
Chairman Special Revenue communications of New Mexico, 1919-1921. President Western States Taxpayers’ Conference, 1926-1927.
Appointed federal commissioner to Navajo Tribe of Indians, January 3, 1923, in charge oil development and other tribal affairs of Navajo Nation. Appointed by secretary of interior, as his representative on Pueblo Land Board, to settle land rights of Pueblo Indians.
Special commissioner to negotiate with Indians, 1923-1932.
