George Frisbie Hoar
George Frisbie Hoar ( born August 29, 1826 in Concord, Massachusetts, † September 30, 1904 in Worcester, Massachusetts ) was an American politician of the Republican Party, who represented the state of Massachusetts in both chambers of Congress.
Family and ancestry
Hoar comes from a prominent extended family, which gained notoriety in the 18th and 19th centuries because of their politically active family members. His father, Samuel Hoar was a prominent lawyer and was a member of both the Senate and the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. His brother Ebenezer was a judge on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, United States Attorney General under Ulysses S. Grant and a candidate for judge post on the United States Supreme Court His cousin 1st degree, Roger Sherman Baldwin, was governor of Connecticut and U.S. Senator.
Life
Grant studied at Harvard University until 1846, then moved on to Harvard Law School and settled in Worcester, where he practiced as a lawyer before moving into politics. Originally a member of the Free Soil Party, he joined shortly after its founding to the Republican Party and in 1852 elected to the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, same place later in the Senate.
In 1865, Hoar was one of the founders of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He represented from 1869 to 1877, first in eighth and ninth later the electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1876 he was one of the deputies, who were charged with the preparation of an impeachment against Secretary of War William W. Belknap. The following year he was a member of the Electoral Commission, which had to rule on the disputed outcome of the presidential election of 1876.
On March 4, 1877 Hoar moved within the Congress in the Senate, where he became the successor of not more candidates George S. Boutwell. After four elections he could remain there until his death in September 1904. During this time he led, among other things, twice the chair of the Judiciary Committee.