born Feb. 21, 1816, Concord, Mass., U.S. died Jan. 31, 1895, Concord U.S. politician. He graduated from Harvard College (1835) and Harvard Law School (1839). His outspoken opposition to slavery soon made him a leading public figure in his home state. By the mid-1840s he was a member of the antislavery Whigs, or "Conscience Whigs," in the Massachusetts state senate. Later he helped form the Free Soil and Republican parties in Massachusetts. He served on the Massachusetts state supreme court (1859-69), was briefly U.S. attorney general (1869-70), and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (1873-75)
born Feb. 21, 1816, Concord, Mass., U.S. died Jan. 31, 1895, Concord U.S. politician. He graduated from Harvard College (1835) and Harvard Law School (1839). His outspoken opposition to slavery soon made him a leading public figure in his home state. By the mid-1840s he was a member of the antislavery Whigs, or "Conscience Whigs," in the Massachusetts state senate. Later he helped form the Free Soil and Republican parties in Massachusetts. He served on the Massachusetts state supreme court (1859-69), was briefly U.S. attorney general (1869-70), and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (1873-75)
born Aug. 29, 1826, Concord, Mass., U.S. died Sept. 30, 1904, Worcester, Mass. U.S. politician. He graduated from Harvard College (1846) and Harvard Law School (1849) and then went into private law practice in Worcester. He was an early supporter of the Free Soil Party in Massachusetts. With his brother, Ebenezer Hoar, and father, Samuel Hoar (1778-1856), he was instrumental in the formation of the Republican Party. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1869-77) and Senate (1877-1904). He championed civil-service reform, and he was an outspoken foe of the anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant American Protective Association