Solomon L. Hoge
Solomon Lafayette Hoge ( born July 11, 1836 in Pickrelltown, Logan County, Ohio, † February 23, 1909 in Battle Creek, Michigan ) was an American politician. Between 1869 and 1871, and again from 1875 to 1877, he represented the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Career
Solomon Hoge attended the public schools in Bellefontaine and then the Northwood College. After studying law at the Cincinnati Law School, and in 1859 made his admission to the bar he began in Bellefontaine to work in his new profession. During the Civil War he was 1861-1865 officer of the Union Army. At war's end he had reached the rank of Captain.
In 1868, Hoge moved to Columbia, South Carolina. In his new home he was 1868-1870 Judge at the State Supreme Court. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1868 he was defeated J. P. Reed. Hoge laid but against the election results a contradiction. After this had been upheld, he could at April 8, 1869 for the third constituency of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC feed. He succeeds by Manuel S. Corley. He initially remained until March 3, 1871 Congress. At this time the 15th Amendment was passed, which expanded the right to vote to African Americans.
Between 1874 and 1875, Hoge served as Comptroller General of South Carolina. In 1874 he was elected to succeed Lewis C. Carpenter again in Congress. There he completed between March 4, 1875, and March 3, 1877 more legislative period. In 1876 he opted not to run again. After the end of Reconstruction, the political chances of the Republicans were dropped in South Carolina to a minimum. There should in the next few decades, the Democratic Party have a majority.
After the end of his time in the House of Representatives Solomon Hoge moved to Kenton, Ohio. There he worked until 1882 as a lawyer. He was also president of the First National Bank of Kenton. He died on February 23, 1909 in Battle Creek (Michigan) and was buried in Kenton.