Samuel Hoar

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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Samuel Hoar was a member of a famous political family. He was the father of U.S. Senator George Frisbie Hoar (1826-1904) and by U.S. Attorney General Ebenezer R. Hoar (1816-1895) and the grandfather of Congressman Rockwood Hoar (1855-1906) and Sherman Hoar (1860-1898). In addition, he was the son of U.S. Senator Roger Sherman ( 1721-1793 ). He studied until 1802 at Harvard University. After a subsequent law degree in 1805 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Concord to work 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 at a meeting to revise the constitution of Massachusetts. In the years 1826, 1832 and 1833 he sat in the Massachusetts Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1834, Hoar was in the fourth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Edward Everett on March 4, 1835. Since he has not been confirmed in 1836, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1837. This was marked by discussions on the policies of President Andrew Jackson. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Hoar again practiced as a lawyer. In 1844 he was sent on behalf of the state government of Massachusetts to South Carolina to investigate the behavior of the local government, the free African Americans refused to emigrate to Massachusetts. Hoar was referred in South Carolina ado of the state. This sparked protests in Massachusetts and with discussions about slavery in the South.

1850, Samuel Hoar deputy in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts; Five years later, he served as chairman of the foundation meeting of the Republican Party in his state. Samuel Hoar died on November 2, 1856 in Concord.