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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsAaron HOBART
(1787-1858)
HOBART, Aaron, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Abington, Mass., June
26, 1787; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Brown
University, Providence, R.I., in 1805; studied law; was admitted to
the bar in 1809 and commenced practice in Abington; moved to
Hanover in 1811; member of the State house of representatives in
1814 and served in the State senate in 1819; moved to East
Bridgewater in 1824; elected as a Republican to the Sixteenth
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Zabdiel
Sampson; reelected as a Republican to the Seventeenth Congress,
elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and
reelected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress, and
served from November 24, 1820, to March 3, 1827; declined to be a
candidate for renomination in 1826; executive councilor 1827-1831;
judge of probate 1843-1858; died in East Bridgewater, Mass.,
September 19, 1858; interment in Central Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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