Giles W. Hotchkiss

Giles Waldo Hotchkiss ( born October 25, 1815 in Windsor, New York, † July 5, 1878 in Binghamton, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1863 and 1867, and 1869-1871, he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Giles Waldo Hotchkiss was born about eight months after the end of the British - American War in Broome County. He attended community schools, the Windsor Academy and Oxford Academy. Then he studied law. After receiving his license to practice law in 1837, he began practicing in Binghamton. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. It was started in 1860 as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in part. The following year the Civil War broke out.

In the congressional elections of 1862 for the 38th Congress Hotchkiss was in the 26th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Jacob P. Chamberlain on March 4, 1863. He was re-elected once. In 1866 he suffered a defeat in his re- nomination and then retired after the March 3, 1867 from the Congress of. He then ran in 1868 for the 41st Congress. After a successful election, he resigned on March 4, 1869 to succeed William S. Lincoln. Since he gave up for reelection in 1870, he retired after March 3, 1871 from the Congress.

After his conference time he went to Binghamton again his work as a lawyer after, where he died on July 5, 1878. His body was interred in Spring Forest Cemetery.