Sherman Hoar

Sherman Hoar ( born July 30, 1860 in Concord, Massachusetts, † October 7, 1898 ) was an American politician. Between 1891 and 1893 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Sherman Hoar was the son of U.S. Attorney General Ebenezer R. Hoar ( 1816-1895 ). He was also related to several other members of Congress. He attended the common schools and then the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter (New Hampshire). Then he studied until 1884 at Harvard University, among others, Jura. After his 1885 was admitted as a lawyer in Concord, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In 1884, he headed the youth organization of his party in Massachusetts. He was also curator of the Phillips Exeter Academy and director of the American Unitarian Association.

In the congressional elections of 1890 Hoar was in the fifth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Nathaniel Prentiss Banks on March 4, 1891. Until March 3, 1893, he was able to complete a term in Congress. Between 1893 and 1897, Hoar was United States Attorney for Massachusetts. During the Spanish- American War of 1898, he served as director of the voluntary organization of Massachusetts. In this capacity, he worked on some military hospitals in the south. He died on October 7, 1898 in his native Concord.