William Hoge (Pennsylvania politician)

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William Hoge
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809
Preceded by John Hamilton
Succeeded by Aaron Lyle
In office
March 4, 1803 – October 15, 1804
Preceded by Henry Woods
Succeeded by John Hoge
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 12th district
In office
March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803
Preceded by Albert Gallatin
Succeeded by District eliminated
Personal details
Born 1762
Hogestown, Pennsylvania
Died September 25, 1814 (aged 51/52)
Washington, Pennsylvania
Political party Democratic-Republican

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

Biography

Hoge was born near Hogestown, Pennsylvania. He received a limited schooling and moved to western Pennsylvania in 1782, where he and his brother John 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 again elected to the Tenth Congress. He retired to his farm near Washington, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1814. Interment in the “Old Graveyard.”

Sources

United States 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
John Hoge
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district

1807–1809
Succeeded by
Aaron Lyle


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