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William Hoge (Pennsylvania politician)

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William Hoge
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania
In office
March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809
Preceded byJohn Hamilton
Succeeded byAaron Lyle
Constituency10th district
In office
March 4, 1801 – October 15, 1804
Preceded byAlbert Gallatin
Succeeded byJohn Hoge
Constituency12th district (1801–1803)
10th district (1803–1804)
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1796-1797
Personal details
Born1762 (1762)
Hogestown, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
DiedSeptember 25, 1814(1814-09-25) (aged 51–52)
Washington, Pennsylvania, US
Political partyDemocratic-Republican

William Hoge (1762 – September 25, 1814) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

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Hoge was born near Hogestown in the Province of Pennsylvania. He received a limited schooling and moved to western Pennsylvania in 1782, where he and his brother John Hoge founded the town of Washington, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1796 and 1797.

Hoge was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventh and Eighth United States Congresses and served until his resignation on October 15, 1804. He was one of six Democratic-Republican representatives to oppose passage of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[1] Hoge was again elected to the Tenth Congress. He retired to his farm near Washington, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1814. He was interred in the "Old Graveyard."

Sources

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  • United States Congress. "William Hoge (id: H000699)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

References

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district

1801–1803
Succeeded by
District eliminated
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district

1803–1804
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district

1807–1809
Succeeded by