page_title: Edgar Herschler
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Edgar Herschler / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: The Herschler family home near Kemmerer, Wyoming in 1912
context_page_description: Edgar Jacob Herschler was an American politician and attorney who served as the 28th Governor of Wyoming as a member of the Democratic Party. He is the longest serving-governor of Wyoming with three full terms and since a two term limit for governors was approved by a ballot initiative in 1992 has remained as such.
context_section_description: Edgar Jacob Herschler was born in Kemmerer, Wyoming on October 27, 1918 to Edgar Fuller Herschler and Charlotte Jenkins. During his childhood, he was initially taught at his family's ranch before later attended high school in Kemmerer. In 1941, he graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Arts in Pre-Law. In 1949, he earned his LL.B from the University of Wyoming. Herschler served in the Pacific Theater during World War II. 
  He served as Kemmerer's city attorney and then as Lincoln County attorney from 1951 to 1958 and from 1961 to 1963.
caption: The Herschler family ranch in 1912
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