Joshua Webster Hering (March 8, 1833 – September 23, 1913) was an American politician, physician and banker.

[1][2][3] At the age of fifteen, Hering left his father's home to work at a country store in Johnsville.

[3] He then moved to Westminster and worked at the Jacob Reese & Son store until April 1853.

[1][2][3] In 1870, Hering became a charter member of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Carroll County.

On June 1, 1910, Hering resigned as comptroller to accept an appointment by Governor Austin Lane Crothers as a member of the Public Service Commission of Maryland for a term of four years.

[1][2] In 1892, Hering was elected as president of the General Conference in Westminster of the Methodist Protestant Church.

In 1895, Hering served as one of the original board of managers of the Home for the Aged of the Methodist Protestant Church in Westminster.

[2] In 1868, Hering was a charter member of the board of trustees of Western Maryland College.

They had two sons and two daughters, Joseph T., Charles E., Mrs. Thomas A. Murray and Mrs. Frank Z. Miller.

[2] Hering received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Western Maryland College in 1885.