Aaron Hobart

Aaron Hobart (born June 26, 1787 in Abington , Plymouth County , Massachusetts , †  September 19, 1858 in East Bridgewater , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1820 and 1827 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Aaron Hobart enjoyed a classic school education and then studied until 1805 at Brown University in Providence ( Rhode Island ). After completing a law degree and being admitted to the bar in 1809, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party . In 1814 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts ; in 1819 he was a member of the State Senate . From 1824 he lived in East Bridgewater.

After the resignation of MP Zabdiel Sampson , Hobart was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the eighth seat of Massachusetts , where he took up his new mandate on November 24, 1820. After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1827 . Since 1823 he represented the eleventh constituency of his state there. In the 1820s he joined the movement against later President Andrew Jackson and became a supporter of President John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay . In 1826 he renounced another candidacy.

Between 1827 and 1831, Aaron Hobart served as a government advisor ( Executive Councilor ); from 1843 to 1858 he was probate judge. He died in East Bridgewater on September 19, 1858.

Web links

• Aaron Hobart in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Aaron Hobart in the database of Find a Grave (English)