Hosmer, H. L – Houghton, George Frederick
Hosmer, H. L
lawyer, jurist. He was chief justice of the United States court for the territory of Idaho. man.
Hosmer, Harriet G
sculptor, was born Oct. 9, 1830, in Watertown, Mass.
She has produced two ideal heads, Daphne and Medusa, which were exhibited in Boston in 1853. She executed a statue of Queen Isabella for the World's Columbian exposition. Her best works are Zenobia in Chains; and The Sleeping Faun.
Hosmer, Hezekiah L
congress- He was a representative in congress from New York from 1797 to 1799.
Hosmer, James Kendall
educator, author, was born Jan. 29, 1834, in Northfield, Mass. He was a professor in Washington university of St. Louis in 1874-92, and since the latter date public librarian of Minneapolis. He is the author of Short History of Anglo-Saxon Freedom; The Story of the Jews; Life of Sir Henry Vane; Life of Samuel Adams; Thomas Hutchinson, Royal Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay; The Color Guard, a narrative of personal experience; The Thinking Bayonet, a novel; A Short History of German Literature; and How Thankful Was Bewitched.
Hosmer, Jean
actress, was born Jan. 29, 1842, near Boston, Mass. She first appeared on the stage in a ballet at Buffalo, N. Y., and rose to be a star actress, performing the part of Juliet at the Chestnut street theater, Philadelphia, in 1858. HOSMER, MRS. MARGARET [KERR], author, was born in 1830 in Philadelphia, Pa. She is a Philadelphia writer of Sunday-school tales, among which are, A Chinaman in California; The Chinese Boy; The Little Captives; Lonny the Orphan. She wrote, also, three novels, Blanche Gilroy; The Morrisons; and Ten Years of a Lifetime.
Hosmer, Stephen Titus
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1763 in Middletown, Conn. For two years and a half he was a member of the council of state, and after the adoption of the state constitution was chief justice of Connecticut from 1815 till 1833. He died Aug. 5, 1834, in Middletown, Conn.
Hosmer, Titus
jurist, congressman, was born in 1736 in Middletown, Conn.
He was a member of the council; of the assembly from 1773 to 1778; and speaker in 1777. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1775 to 1779; and in 1780 was appointed judge of the maritime court of appeals for the United States. He was a signer of the articles of confederation. He died Aug. 4, 1780, in Watertown, Conn.
Hosmer, William Henry Cuyler
lawyer, author, poet, was born May 25, 1814, in Avon, N. Y. He was a lawyer of western New York who wrote much in verse, the greater part of which is concerned with Indian legends. He was the author of Fall of Tecumseh; Legends of the Senecas; The Themes of Song; The Months; Yonnondio; Bird Notes; Indian Traditions and Songs; and The Pioneers of Western New York. He died May 23, 1877, in Avon, N. Y.
Hostetler, Abraham J
merchant, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 22, 1818, in Washington county, Ind. He was elected a state senator from 1854 to 1858; and was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-sixth congress.
Hostetter, Jacob
congressman, was born in York, Pa. He was a representative in congress from that state in 1814 to fill a vacancy; and again from 1819 to 1821.
Hostetter, Samuel E
lawyer, jurist, was born July 19, 1860, in Newberry, Ind. He received his education in the common schools of Indiana, and in 1881 attended the state university of Nebraska.
In 1878 he moved to Nebraska, where he was bank clerk, city treasurer, deputy county clerk, teacher and law student at Central City, Neb. In 1883 he was admitted to the bar, and the same year was elected county judge. After serving two years he moved to Denver, Colo.; and in 1889 to Sioux City, Iowa, where he is counsel for the Lombard Investment company of Kansas City, Mo.; counsel for the Fidelity Loan and Trust company of Sioux City; and various other corporations.
Hotchkiss, Benjamin Berkely
inventor, was born Oct. 1, 1826, in Watertown, Conn. In 1860 he submitted to the United States government an improved system of rifling-belt and percussion fuse for projectiles, and after their adoption he engaged in their manufacture in New York. His next invention of importance was that of a magazine-rifle, devised in 1875, and followed in 1882 by a quickfiring gun. At the time of his death, Mr. Hotchkiss had the reputation of being the first artillery engineer in the world. He died Feb. 14, 1885, in Paris, France.
Hotchkiss, Giles W
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 25, 1815, in Windsor, N. Y. He was elected a representative from New York to the thirtyeighth congress; and was re-elected to the thirty-ninth, fortieth and forty-first congresses as a republican, serving as chairman of civil service, and on the committee on claims. He died July 5, 1878.
Hotchkiss, James Harvey
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 23, 1781, in Cornwall, Conn. He was a presbyterian minister of Prattsburg, N. Y.; and the author of History of the Churches of Western New York. He died Sept. 21, 1851, in Prattsburg, N. Y.
Hotchkiss, Julius
merchant, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1810 in Middletown, Conn. He was twice elected to the Connecticut state legislature. In 1867 he was elected a representative from Connecticut to the fortieth congress; and re-elected to the forty-first congress.
Houck, Jacob
JR., congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from 1841 to 1843.
Houck, Leonidas C
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 8, 1836, in Sevier county, Tenn. He served in the union army from 1861 to 1863, rising to the rank of colonel. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1865; and was judge of the seventeenth judicial circuit from 1866 to 1870. He then moved to Knoxville, Tenn., and was a delegate to the republican national convention of 1868. He was a presidential elector in 1872 and 1876; and was a representative in the state legislature in 1872. He was elected a representative from Tennessee to the forty-sixth, fortyseventh, forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses.
Hough, David
congressman. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1803 to 1807.
Hough, Franklin Benjamin
physician, author, was born July 20, 1820, in Martinsburg, N. Y. He was a physician whose later years were passed in Lowville, N. Y., in scientific and historical study. He was the author of Catalogue of Plants in Lewis and Franklin Counties; History of St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties; The Siege of Charleston in 1780; Duty of Government in the Preservation of Forests; Report on Forestry; Elements of Forestry; and American Constitutions. He died June 6, 1885, in Lowville, N. Y.
Hough, George Washington
astronomer, author, was born Oct. 24, 1836, in Tribes Hill, N. Y. He is an astronomer of Chicago, director of the Dearborn observatory; and the author of Annals of Dudley Observatory; Report of Dearborn Observatory; and The Galvanic Battery.
Hough, Jacob B
physician, was born June 23, 1829, in Camargo, Pa. In 1875 he became professor of chemistry and toxicology in Miami Medical college, Cincinnati, where he has resided since 1873, working as an analytical and consulting chemist.
Hough, John Stockton
physician, author, was born Dec. 5, 1845, in Yardley, Pa. He was a successful physician and surgeon of Philadelphia, Pa.; and the author of several medical works.
Hough, Lewis Sylvester
soldier, educator, lawyer, author, was born March 31, 1819, in Martinsburg, N. Y. He received diplomas from Hudson and Amherst colleges, and prior to the war he was engaged in teaching, as principal of the classical department of Germantown academy, and subsequently principal of one of the public schools in Philadelphia.
He was a soldier in the union army during the civil war; then again taught school; and has attained success as a lawyer of Media, Pa. He is the author of several political essays, the best known being America and Her Tariff, and the • Principles of Coinage and Currency.
Hough, Warwick
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 26, 1836, in Loudoun county, Va. He served in the confederate army during the civil war, and for awhile was on the staff of Lieutenant-General Taylor. In 1874 he was elected judge of the supreme court of Missouri for a term of ten years, during the last two years of which he was chief justice of the state.
He is now one of the foremost lawyers of St. Louis, Mo.
Hough, William J
congressman, was born in New York. He served in the assembly of that state in 1835 and 1836; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1845 to 1847.
Hough, William R
lawyer, state senator, was born Oct. 9, 1833, in Williamsburg, Ind. He served four years as senator, there being two regular and two special sessions of the legislature during his term of office.
Houghton, Douglas
naturalist, was born Sept. 21, 1809, in Troy, N. Y.
He erected a hermitage in his father's orchard, where he engaged in various researches. Among his experiments was the manufacture of percussion powder, which had been recently invented. He died Oct. 13, 1845, on Lake Superior.
Houghton, George Frederick
lawyer, journalist, was born May 31, 1820, in Guilford, Vt. In 1848-49 he was state secretary of civil and military affairs, and in 1852-53 state's attorney for Franklin county. The next year he established the Vermont Transcript, and was subsequently connected with the Church Journal of New York. He died Feb. 22, 1870, in St.
Albans, Vt.