Giles W. Hotchkiss

Giles W. Hotchkiss

Giles Waldo Hotchkiss (born October 25, 1815 in Windsor , New York , † July 5, 1878 in Binghamton , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1863 and 1867 and between 1869 and 1871 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Giles Waldo Hotchkiss was born in Broome County about eight months after the end of the British-American War . He attended community schools, Windsor Academy and Oxford Academy . Then he studied law . After receiving his license to practice bar in 1837, he began practicing in Binghamton. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . In 1860 he participated as a delegate to the Republican National Convention . Civil war broke out the following year .

In the congressional elections of 1862 for the 38th Congress , Hotchkiss was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 26th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Jacob P. Chamberlain on March 4, 1863 . He was re-elected once. In 1866 he suffered a defeat on his re-nomination and then left the Congress after March 3, 1867 . He then ran for the 41st Congress in 1868 . After a successful election, he succeeded William S. Lincoln on March 4, 1869 . Since he renounced a renewed candidacy in 1870 , he left the Congress after March 3, 1871.

After his time in Congress he went back to his practice as a lawyer in Binghamton, where he died on July 5, 1878. His body was buried in Spring Forest Cemetery .

Web links

• Giles W. Hotchkiss in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Giles W. Hotchkiss in the database of Find a Grave (English)