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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsRockwood HOAR
(1855-1906)
HOAR, Rockwood, (son of
George Frisbie Hoar, grandson of Samael Hoar, great-grandson of
Roger Sherman, nephew of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, and cousin of
Sherman Hoar), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Worcester, Mass., August 24, 1855; attended the Worcester public
schools and was graduated from Harvard University in 1876; member
of Company C, Fifth Massachusetts Infantry, 1875-1879; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in
Worcester; assistant district attorney for the middle district of
Massachusetts 1884-1887; member of the common council of Worcester
1887-1891; aide-de-camp with rank of colonel on the staff of Gov.
Oliver Ames 1887-1890; judge advocate general with rank of
brigadier general on the staff of Gov. Roger Wolcott 1897-1900;
district attorney from January 1899 to January 1905; trustee of
Clark University, Worcester, Mass., and trustee of the Worcester
Insane Hospital; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth
Congress and served from March 4, 1905, until his death in
Worcester, Mass., November 1, 1906; interment in the Rural
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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