Ogden Hoffman
Ogden Hoffman | |
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Edward Curtis Churchill C. Cambreleng (1837–39) Ely Moore (1837–39) James Monroe (1839–41) Moses H. Grinnell (1839–41) | |
| Preceded by | Gideon Lee John McKeon |
| Succeeded by | Charles G. Ferris Fernando Wood James I. Roosevelt John McKeon |
| New York County District Attorney | |
| In office 1829–1835 | |
| Preceded by | Hugh Maxwell |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Phoenix |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ogden Hoffman May 3, 1793 Columbia College |
Ogden Hoffman (October 13, 1794 – May 1, 1856) was a
Life
Ogden Hoffman was born on October 13, 1794,[1] the son of New York Attorney General Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1766–1837) and Mary (Colden) Hoffman. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Columbia College in 1812.[2]
Career
He served for three years in the Navy and was warranted a midshipman in 1814. He took part in the War of 1812 and the Second Barbary War as a crew member on the USS President, and was taken prisoner when the President was captured in 1814.
After leaving the navy he studied law under his father, was admitted to the bar in 1818, and commenced practice in Goshen, New York.
Political career
Hoffman was
Hoffman was again a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co.) in 1828; and was New York County District Attorney from 1829 to 1835.
He disagreed with the Jackson administration over the need for a federally chartered central bank, and abandoned Tammany Hall and the Democratic Party for the Whigs after Jackson's decision not to re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
In 1836, Hoffman defended Richard P. Robinson at his trial for the murder of Helen Jewett and got his client acquitted.
Congress
Hoffman was elected as a Whig to the 25th and 26th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1841.
Later political offices
He was
Personal life
On June 27, 1819, he married Emily Burrall, daughter of Charles Burrall. Together, they had two children:[3]
- Charles Burrall Hoffman (1821–1892), who married Harriet Bronson Willett, granddaughter of Dr. Isaac Bronson.[3]
- Ogden Hoffman, Jr. (1822–1891), who served as a federal judge in Californiafor more than 40 years.
In November 1838, he married Virginia Southard (d. 1886), daughter of
- Samuel Southard Hoffman (b. 1839), who married Sarah Acklen[3]
- Mary Colden Hoffman (b. 1840)[3]
- Virginia Southard Hoffman (b. 1842)[3]
He died on May 1, 1856, at his home on Ninth Street in New York City, of "congestion of the lungs." He was buried at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery.
References
Notes
- ^ Genealogy of the Hoffman Family
- ^ "HOFFMAN, Josiah Ogden - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Hoffman, Eugene Augustus (1899). Genealogy of the Hoffman family : descendants of Martin Hoffman, with biographical notes . New York : Dodd, Mead & Co. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ Rathbun, Richard (1904). The Columbian institute for the promotion of arts and sciences: A Washington Society of 1816-1838. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, October 18, 1917. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
Sources
- United States Congress. "Ogden Hoffman (id: H000687)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The New-York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 35, 253, 257, 353 and 431; 1863)
- Death of the Hon. Ogden Hoffman in the New York Timeson May 2, 1856
- Genealogy of the Hoffman Family by (Dodd, Mead & Co., NYC; pg. 279ff)
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