Samuel Hoar

Samuel Hoar, 1920

Samuel Hoar (born May 18, 1778 in Lincoln , Middlesex County , Massachusetts , †  November 2, 1856 in Concord , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1835 and 1837 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Hoar was a member of a well-known family of politicians. He was the father of US Senator George Frisbie Hoar (1826–1904) and US Attorney General Ebenezer R. Hoar (1816–1895) and the grandfather of Congressmen Rockwood Hoar (1855–1906) and Sherman Hoar (1860–1898) . He was also the son-in-law of US Senator Roger Sherman (1721-1793). He studied at Harvard University until 1802 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1805, he began to work in Concord in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. He initially joined the Federalist Party ; later he became a member of the National Republican Party , the Whig Party , the Free Soil Party and the Republican Party founded in 1854 . In 1820 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Massachusetts constitution. In 1824 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . He served in the Massachusetts Senate in 1826, 1832, and 1833 .

In the congressional election of 1834 , Hoar was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Edward Everett on March 4, 1835 . Since he was not confirmed in 1836, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1837 . This was shaped by the discussions about the policy of President Andrew Jackson . After his time in the US House of Representatives, Hoar practiced as a lawyer again. In 1844 he was sent to South Carolina on behalf of the state government of Massachusetts to investigate the behavior of the local government in denying free African Americans entry to Massachusetts. Hoar was summarily expelled from the state in South Carolina. This sparked protests and discussions in Massachusetts about slavery practiced in the South .

In 1850, Samuel Hoar was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts ; five years later he served as chairman of the founding assembly of the Republican Party in his state. Samuel Hoar died in Concord on November 2, 1856.

Web links

• Samuel Hoar in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel Hoar in the database of Find a Grave (English)