Joseph P. Hoge

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Joseph Pendleton Hoge (born December 15, 1810 in Steubenville , Ohio , †  August 14, 1891 in San Francisco , California ) was an American politician . Between 1843 and 1847 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Hoge attended public schools in his home country as well as Jefferson College . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1836, he began to work in this profession in Galena . In his new home he also held a number of local offices. Politically, Hoge became a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1842 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the then newly established constituency of Illinois , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1843. After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1847 . These had been shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War since 1845 .

In 1846, Hoge renounced another candidacy. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced again as a lawyer in Galena. In 1853 he moved to California, where he also worked as a lawyer. In 1869 he ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate ; In 1878 he chaired a meeting to revise the California constitution. Since 1889 he was a judge in the Superior Court of Sonoma County . He died on August 14, 1891 in San Francisco.

Web links

  • Joseph P. Hoge in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)