John B. Hoge

John B. Hoge

John Blair Hoge (born February 2, 1825 in Richmond , Virginia , †  March 1, 1896 in Martinsburg , West Virginia ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1881 and 1883 he represented the second constituency of the state of West Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After studying law and being admitted to the bar in April 1845, John Hoge began working in his new profession in Martinsburg. In 1853 he became president of the Bank of Berkeley . Politically, Hoge joined the Democratic Party . Between 1855 and 1859 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . In 1860 he participated as a delegate to two Democratic National Convention in part, in Charleston ( South Carolina ) and Baltimore ( Maryland took place).

During the Civil War Hoge soldier was in the army of the Confederate States . After the war, he worked as a journalist and lawyer in Martinsburg in the newly established state of West Virginia. In 1872 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the West Virginia Constitution. From 1872 to 1876, Hoge was a member of the Democratic National Committee . In 1872 he became a judge in the third judicial district of his new home state; he held this office until August 1880.

In the congressional elections of 1880, Hoge was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . There he succeeded Benjamin F. Martin on March 4, 1881 . In Congress , however, he only served one legislative period until March 3, 1883. Between 1885 and 1889, Hoge was a federal attorney in the District of Columbia . He died in Martinsburg in 1896.

Web links

• John B. Hoge in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John B. Hoge in the database of Find a Grave (English)