William J. Hough

William Jervis Hough ( born March 20, 1795 in Paris Hill, New York, † October 4, 1869 in Syracuse, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. From 1845 to 1847 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Jervis Hough completed his preliminary studies. He studied law in Lyons in Ontario County. In 1820 he moved to Cazenovia in Madison County. He worked over 30 years as a lawyer. He also had an own general store. He was 1829-1833 and 1836 Village Clerk. In between, he sat in the years 1835 and 1836 in the New York State Assembly. He served in 1838 and 1841, the post of President of the Village of Cazenovia. He also served in the militia of New York, where he became a general. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1844 for the 29th Congress Hough was the 23rd electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Orville Robinson on March 4, 1845. He retired after March 3, 1847 from the Congress. During this time he sat on the committee that oversaw the construction of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Board of Regents.

After his time he took Congress in Cazenovia his work as a lawyer on. In 1855, he moved to Syracuse, where he continued to practice as a lawyer. He also pursued several other companies. Hough held the post of Vice President of the Syracuse City Bank and as President of the Education Committee of Syracuse. He was also involved in the creation and design of the Oakwood Cemetery and sat in its original Board of Directors. He died about four years after the end of the Civil War in Syracuse and was then buried in the Oakwood Cemetery.