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GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR
Hoar, George Frisbie (1826-1904), (grandson of
Roger Sherman, son of Samuel Hoar, brother of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, father of Rockwood Hoar, and uncle of Sherman
Hoar), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Concord, Middlesex, Mass., August 29, 1826;
attended Concord Academy; graduated from Harvard University in 1846 and from the Harvard Law School in 1849;
admitted to the bar in 1849 and commenced practice in Worcester, Mass.; elected to the State house of
representatives in 1852; elected to the State senate in 1857; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and to the
three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877); was not a candidate for renomination in 1876; one of the
managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1876 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against William W.
Belknap; appointed a member of the Electoral Commission created by act of Congress to decide the contests in various
States in the presidential election of 1876; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1877; reelected
in 1883, 1889, 1895, and 1901 and served from March 4, 1877, until his death in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass.,
September 30, 1904; chairman, Committee on Privileges and Elections (Forty-seventh through Fifty-second Congresses),
Committee on the Judiciary (Fifty-second Congress, Fifty-fourth through Fifty-eighth Congresses), Committee on the
Library (Fifty-second Congress); overseer of Harvard University 1874-1880 and from 1896 until his death; Regent of
the Smithsonian for many years; interment in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.
Parents: Samuel Hoar, Sarah Sherman
Spouse 1: Mary Louisa Spurr
Born: 15 Jul 1831 in Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts
Died: 31 Jan 1859 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Marriage: 30 Mar 1853 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Children Sex Birth
Mary Hoar Born: 22 JAN 1854 Worcester,Massachusetts
Died: Aft 1920
Rockwood Hoar M 24 Aug 1855 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Spouse 2: Ruth Ann Miller
Born: 20 May 1830 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Died: 24 Dec 1903 in Washington, Columbia, District Of Columbia
Marriage: 13 Oct 1862 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Sources:
United States Federal Census
Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
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