Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th district
In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by
Edward Everett
Succeeded by
William Parmenter
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1850
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1826 1832 1833
Personal details
Born
(1778-05-18)May 18, 1778 Lincoln, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
November 2, 1856(1856-11-02) (aged 78) Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party
Anti-Jacksonian Free Soil Republican
Alma mater
Harvard College
Samuel Hoar (May 18, 1778 – November 2, 1856) was a United States lawyer and politician. A member of a prominent political family in Massachusetts, he was a leading 19th century lawyer of that state. He was associated with the Federalist Party until its decline after the War of 1812. Over his career, Hoar developed a reputation as a prominent Massachusetts anti-slavery politician and spokesperson. He became a leading member of the Massachusetts Whig Party, a leading and founding member of the Massachusetts Free Soil Party, and a founding member and chair of the committee that organized the founding convention for the Massachusetts Republican Party in 1854.
Hoar may be best known in American history for his 1844 trip to Charleston, South Carolina as an appointed Commissioner of the state of Massachusetts. He went to South Carolina to investigate and contest the laws of that state, which allowed the seizure of sailors who were free African Americans (often who were citizens of Massachusetts) and placed into bondage, if such sailors disembarked from their ship. Hoar was prevented from undertaking his appointed tasks by resolutions of the legislature and efforts of the governor of South Carolina, and was escorted back onto a ship by Charleston citizens fearing mob violence against the agent from Massachusetts. News of the thwarting of Hoar inspired anti-slavery political reaction in Massachusetts.
SamuelHoar (May 18, 1778 – November 2, 1856) was a United States lawyer and politician. A member of a prominent political family in Massachusetts, he...
awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.[citation needed] Not long after, SamuelHoar V, a litigator, was hired, followed by Fred Tarbell Field, a well-respected...
Milne Farley. Hoar was the son of Sherman Hoar, grandson of former US Attorney General Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, great-grandson of SamuelHoar, and great-great...
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Sherman Hoar (July 30, 1860 – October 7, 1898), was an American lawyer, member of Congress representing Massachusetts, and U.S. District Attorney for Massachusetts...
(Sherman) Hoar, wife of SamuelHoar, was the mother of George Frisbie Hoar a United States Senator for Massachusetts, and Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar also a United...
the Whig nomination for governor (a move that upset Lieutenant Governor Samuel Turell Armstrong, who also sought the nomination). Everett easily defeated...
Leonard Hoar (1630 – November 28, 1675) was an English-born American Congregational minister and educator, who spent a short and troubled term as President...
dedicated the monument on Independence Day, July 4, 1837. Congressman SamuelHoar gave the dedication address. For the occasion, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote...
Massachusetts, the son of Lieutenant Daniel Hoar, and was educated at Harvard College. Hoar served with Samuel Waldo during the capture of Louisbourg. He...
watchmaker (d. 1846) May 18 Andrew Ure, Scottish doctor and chemist (d. 1857) SamuelHoar, American politician (d. 1856) Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry...
Hoar Tavern, or the Hoar Homestead, is a historic tavern and house northeast of downtown Lincoln on Reiling Pond Road in Lincoln, Massachusetts. With a...
William Whiting (R) Samuel Hooper (R) Daniel W. Gooch (R) Benjamin Butler (R) Ebenezer R. Hoar (R) John M. S. Williams (R) George F. Hoar (R) Alvah Crocker...
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"HOAR, Rockwood (id: H000655)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 26, 2019. United States Congress. "HOAR, Samuel...
1873 – March 4, 1877 Rockwood Hoar Republican 3rd March 4, 1905 – November 1, 1906 First elected in 1904. Died. SamuelHoar Anti-Jacksonian 4th March 4...
accounts of the dedication. In contrast there is no record of Congressman SamuelHoar's speech that day. The poem, originally printed as a broadside for distribution...
parcel was donated to the U.S. Government by Concord resident D. SamuelHoar in 1944. Hoar purchased a part of the Meadows in 1928, and built earthen dams...
Massachusetts's 4th district In office March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1845 Preceded by SamuelHoar Succeeded by Benjamin Thompson Member of the Massachusetts Senate In...
Constitutional Convention; George Ticknor Curtis; George Stillman Hillard; SamuelHoar; Marcus Morton; Charles Francis Adams; John Gorham Palfrey (1854). Discussions...
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