John Sloss Hobart

John Sloss Hobart

John Sloss Hobart (born  May 6, 1738 in Fairfield , Colony of Connecticut , †  February 4, 1805 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Federalist Party ) who represented the state of New York in the US Senate .

After graduating from Yale College in 1757, John Hobart studied law , became a member of the bar, and began practicing in New York. In June 1764 he married Mary Greenill.

In 1774 he was a member of a Committee of Correspondence , a body that served to coordinate the politics of the Thirteen Colonies . The following year Hobart attended the New York Provincial Convention; until 1777 he was a delegate to the Provincial Congress of New York, which replaced the parliament of the colonial province of New York . He also worked in the Council of Safety of the revolutionary movement. In 1788 he finally took part in the State Convention that ratified the United States Constitution.

From 1777 Hobart was mostly legal. Until 1798 he was a member of the Supreme Court of New York State as an associate judge ( Puisne Justice ). That year he was elected to succeed the resigned US Senator Philip Schuyler . He took up his mandate in the Congress , which was still meeting in Philadelphia at that time, from January 11, 1798 and remained there until April 16 of the same year. After US President John Adams appointed him judge in the federal district court for the New York District, Hobart gave preference to justice again. He served as a federal judge until his death on February 4, 1805.

Web links

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

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