Jane Alexander

Jane M. Alexander (November 10, 1929 – May 6, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer who served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1965 to 1969.

Personal life Jane Lehmer was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on November 10, 1929. Her family returned to Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, by the time she turned two, to live on land owned by her family since shortly after William Penn founded the Colony of Pennsylvania. Lehmer's grandfather was a justice of the peace, and allowed her, aged five, to observe court proceedings over which he presided. followed by a degree in law from the Dickinson College of Law in 1954. She married P. Nelson Alexander,

Legal and public service career In 1955, Jane Alexander was admitted to the York County Bar Association. She was the second woman to gain membership within the county bar, and the first to actively practice law. Alexander began her legal career in criminal law. She lost her second reelection campaign in 1968.