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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—West VirginiaJohn Blair HOGE
(1825-1896)
HOGE, John Blair, a
Representative from West Virginia; born in Richmond, Va., on
February 2, 1825; studied law; was admitted to the bar in April
1845 and commenced practice in Martinsburg; chosen president of the
Bank of Berkeley, Virginia (now West Virginia), in 1853; served in
the Virginia house of delegates 1855-1859; delegate to the
Democratic National Conventions at Charleston and Baltimore in
1860; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army in line
and staff until paroled in 1865; engaged in journalism; resumed the
practice of law in Martinsburg, W.Va., in 1870; delegate to the
State constitutional convention in 1872; member of the Democratic
National Committee 1872-1876; judge of the third judicial circuit
in 1872, which office he resigned in August 1880; elected as a
Democrat to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3,
1883); United States district attorney for the District of Columbia
1885-1889; died in Martinsburg, W.Va., March 1, 1896; interment in
Norborne Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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