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SAMUEL HOAR
Hoar, Samuel (1778-1856), (son-in-law of Roger Sherman,
father of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar and George Frisbie Hoar, grandfather of Rockwood Hoar and Sherman Hoar), a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Mass., May 18, 1778; pursued classical studies
and was graduated from Harvard University in 1802; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1805 and commenced
practice in Concord, Mass.; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1820; served in the State senate in
1826, 1832, and 1833; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3,
1837); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law in
Concord, Mass.; sent by the State legislature to South Carolina to test the constitutionality of acts prohibiting
free Negroes from coming into the State and on his arrival, December 5, 1844, the Legislature of South Carolina
passed resolutions expelling him from the city of Charleston; member of the State house of representatives in 1850;
chairman of the State convention in 1855 which formed the Republican Party in Massachusetts; died in Concord,
Middlesex County, Mass., November 2, 1856; interment in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
Parents: Samuel Hoar, Susannah Pierce
Spouse: Sarah Sherman
Born: 11 Jan 1783 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: 30 Aug 1866 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marriage: 13 Oct 1812 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Children Sex Birth
Elizabeth Hoar F 14 Jul 1814 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar M 21 Feb 1816 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Sarah Sherman Hoar F 9 Nov 1817 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Samuel Johnson Hoar M 4 Feb 1820 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Edward Sherman Hoar M 22 Dec 1823 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
George Frisbie Hoar M 27 Aug 1826 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Sources:
United States Federal Census
Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
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