Joseph P. Hoge

Joseph Pendleton Hoge (December 15, 1810 – August 14, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Joseph P. Hoge
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 6th district
In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	Thomas J. Turner
Personal details
Born	December 15, 1810 Steubenville, Ohio
Died	August 14, 1891 (aged 80) San Francisco, California
Political party	Democratic

Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Hoge attended the common schools and was graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College. He studied law. He admitted to the bar in 1836. He moved to Galena 1836 and practiced law. He hed several local offices.

With the help of the Mormon citizens of Nauvoo, who voted for him en masse,[1] Hoge was elected by the Illinois's 6th congressional district as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1846. He resumed the practice of law in Galena. He moved to California in 1853 and continued the practice of his profession. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1869. He served as president of the State constitutional convention in 1878 and of the board of freeholders in 1880. He served as judge of the superior court from January 1, 1889, until his death in San Francisco, California, August 14, 1891. He was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

References

1. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/50302/50302-h/50302-h.htm#CHAPTERXXXIII

• United States Congress. "Joseph P. Hoge (id: H000697)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• Works by or about Joseph P. Hoge at Internet Archive

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