Doris Irwin, left, of Princeton, W.Va., poses for a photo with Sue Thorn in Philadelphia during the Democratic National Convention, where Irwin is a delegate.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — More than half a century ago, Bobby Nelson had the opportunity to attend his first Democratic National Convention.
However, the former Huntington mayor and West Virginia legislator found he had more pressing needs at home.
“I had an opportunity to go to the convention in 1960, where John F. Kennedy was nominated,” Nelson said Tuesday from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. “I didn’t go because my wife was giving birth to my son, so this is very exciting to be here now.”
While Nelson is making his own personal history in representing West Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention this week, he also was privy to history Tuesday evening as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton became the first woman to become the presidential nominee of a major political party in the 240-year history of the United States.
Nelson, a delegate for Clinton, was one of 34 delegates representing West Virginia…