George Frisbie Hoar

George Frisbie Hoar

George Frisbie Hoar (* 29. August 1826 in Concord , Massachusetts ; † 30th September 1904 in Worcester , Massachusetts) was an American politician of the Republican Party , of the state of Massachusetts in both houses of Congress represented.

Family and parentage

Hoar comes from a prominent extended family who gained notoriety in the 18th and 19th centuries for their politically active family members. His father, Samuel Hoar, was a well-known attorney and was a member of both the Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives . His brother Ebenezer was a judge on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court , United States Attorney General under Ulysses S. Grant, and a candidate for a judge's post on the United States Supreme Court . His 1st cousin, Roger Sherman Baldwin , was Connecticut Governor and US Senator .

Life

Grant studied at Harvard University until 1846 , then moved to Harvard Law School and settled in Worcester, where he practiced as a lawyer before moving into politics. Originally a member of the Free Soil Party , he switched to the Republican Party shortly after it was founded and was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1852, and later to the Senate there.

In 1865, Hoar became a co-founder of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute . From 1869 to 1877 he represented first the eighth and later the ninth electoral district of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives . In 1876 he was one of the MPs charged with preparing an impeachment against Secretary of War William W. Belknap. The following year he was a member of the Electoral Commission , which had to rule on the controversial outcome of the presidential election of 1876 .

On March 4, 1877 Hoar moved within Congress to the Senate, where he succeeded the no longer running George S. Boutwell . After four re-elections he was able to stay there until his death in September 1904. During this time he chaired the Justice Committee twice . In 1901, Hoar was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Web links

Commons : George Frisbie Hoar  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• George Frisbie Hoar in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)