Charles B. Hoard

Charles B. Hoard

Charles Brooks Hoard (born June 5, 1805 in Springfield , Vermont , † November 20, 1886 in Ceredo , West Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1857 and 1861 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Brooks Hoard was born in Windsor County about seven years before the outbreak of the British-American War . He attended public schools. Then he moved to Antwerp , where he held the post of postmaster during the administrations of Andrew Jackson (1829–1837) and Martin Van Buren (1837–1841) . In 1837 he was a member of the New York State Assembly . He moved to Watertown in January 1844 . Between 1844 and 1846 he was a clerk in Jefferson County . The following years were overshadowed by the Mexican-American War . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the congressional elections of 1856 for the 35th Congress , Hoard was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 23rd  constituency of New York , where he succeeded William A. Gilbert on March 4, 1857 . He was re-elected once and then dropped out after the March 3, 1861 Congress of.

After his time in Congress, he went on to manufacture portable engines and, during the Civil War, manufacture weapons for the government. In 1870 he moved to West Virginia. He died on November 20, 1886 in Ceredo and was then buried in Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington .

Hints

1. ↑ A portable engine is either a steam engine or an internal combustion engine . This only remains in one place during operation. Mounted on wheels or runners, it is either towed to the construction site or is self-propelled there.

Web links

• Charles B. Hoard in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles B. Hoard in the database of Find a Grave (English)