Alexander M. Harman Jr. (1921 – October 31, 1996) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1969 to 1979. Born in

War, West Virginia War is a city in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 690 at the 2020 census. War was incorporated in 1920 by the Circuit Court of McDowell County. Its name is derived from War Creek, whose confluence with Dry For ...

in 1921, Harman attended Concord College in

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. He then entered

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Law School and, after graduation, was admitted to the bar in Virginia. In 1943, he started practice in

Pulaski, Virginia Pulaski is a town in Pulaski County, Virginia, United States. The population was 9,086 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Pulaski County. Pulaski is part of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg metropolitan area. History Pulaski was incorpora ...

. In 1964, Harman was appointed a judge of the Twenty-First Judicial Circuit. In August 1969, he was elected to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. Justice Harman resigned from the Supreme Court of Appeals on December 31, 1979.

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Justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia Washington and Lee University School of Law alumni Virginia lawyers 1921 births 1996 deaths People from War, West Virginia Concord University alumni 20th-century American lawyers People from Pulaski, Virginia Virginia circuit court judges 20th-century Virginia state court judges {{Virginia-politician-stub