Warren B. Hooker

Warren Brewster Hooker (* November 24, 1856 in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus County, New York, † March 5, 1920 in Fredonia, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1891 and 1898 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Warren Hooker attended the common schools and the Forestville Free Academy. After a subsequent law degree in 1879 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started working in Forestville in this profession. Between 1878 and 1881 he was deputy or acting District Council (Special surrogates ) in Chautauqua County. In the years 1882-1884 he lived in Tacoma in today's Washington state, where he practiced law. Then he moved to Fredonia in New York State. Between 1884 and 1898 he was employed there as a lawyer. Between 1889 and 1890 he was mayor ( Town Supervisor) of Pomfret, was among the Fredoria. Politically, he joined the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1890 Hooker was on the 34th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William G. Laidlaw on March 4, 1891. After four elections he could remain until his resignation on November 10, 1898 in Congress. Since 1895 Hooker was chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. In his time as a congressman of the beginning of the Spanish - American War fell from 1898.

Hooker's resignation was after his appointment as Judge of the Supreme Court of New York. In 1899 he was officially elected to that office; his term ran until 1913. Between 1902 and 1909 he was also the Appeal Committee ( Appellate Division ) at. In 1905, Judge Hooker had to face impeachment proceedings by the New York State Legislature. In this process, he was acquitted. Since 1914, he practiced as a lawyer again in Fredoria. In 1919 he was appointed official mediator from the State Supreme Court. He died on March 5, 1920 in Fredonia, where he was also buried.