Hosea H. Rockwell

Hosea H. Rockwell

Hosea Hunt Rockwell (born May 31, 1840 in Lawrenceville , Pennsylvania , † December 18, 1918 in Elmira , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1893 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Hosea Hunt Rockwell was born in Tioga County about six years before the outbreak of the Mexican-American War . He attended community schools. During the Civil War he served as a private in the 23rd  Regiment of the New York Volunteers in 1861 and 1862 . Then he studied law . After receiving his license to practice as a lawyer in 1869, he began to practice in Elmira. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1877 . Then he was City Attorney in Elmira. Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1890 for the 52nd Congress Rockwell was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 28th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Thomas S. Flood on March 4, 1891 . Since he refused to run again in 1892 , he left the congress after March 3, 1893 .

After his time at the congress he went back to work as a lawyer in Elmira. He took part in 1896 as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and in the same year chaired the Democratic State Convention . He died on December 18, 1918 in Elmira and was then buried in Woodlawn Cemetery .

Web links

• Hosea H. Rockwell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Hosea H. Rockwell in the database of Find a Grave (English)