S. Percy Hooker

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S. Percy Hooker (1902)

Samuel Percy Hooker (December 5, 1860 – April 24, 1915) was an American politician from New York and New Hampshire.

Life

He was born on December 5, 1860, in Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin, the son of Samuel Lucius Hooker and Ellen Amanda (Kelley) Hooker. The family removed to Le Roy, New York, in 1866. He attended Le Roy Academic Institute, and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1879. Then he worked for a manufacturer of patent medicines. On April 19, 1882, he married Elizabeth Whalen, and they had one daughter. Later he also engaged in banking and farming.[1]

Hooker was a member of the New York State Assembly (Genesee Co.) in 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906; and of the New York State Senate (44th D.) in 1907 and 1908.[2]

On January 6, 1909, he was appointed by Gov. Charles Evans Hughes to a six-year term as Chairman of the New York State Highway Commission. The latter had been created by the Legislature in 1908, and consisted of three members.[3] On June 6, 1911, Hooker was legislated out of office when the Legislature created a State Superintendent of Highways to succeed the Highway Commission.[4][5] On March 1, 1912, Hooker took office as New Hampshire State Engineer of Highways.[6][7]

He died on April 24, 1915, in the

New York Hospital in Manhattan.[8]

Sources

  1. ^ The New York Red Book by Edgar L. Murlin (1903; pg. 143f)
  2. ^ Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. 4; pp. 345, 347f., 350, 352, 366)
  3. New York Times
    on January 7, 1909
  4. New York Times
    on January 31, 1911
  5. New York Times
    on June 7, 1911
  6. ^ S. P. Hooker Appointed to Head New Hampshire Road Department in The Daily News of Batavia, on February 29, 1912
  7. New York Times
    on December 10, 1913
  8. New York Times
    on April 25, 1915
New York State Assembly
Preceded by New York State Assembly
Genesee County
1902–1906 		Succeeded by
New York State Senate
Preceded by New York State Senate
44th District
1907–1908 		Succeeded by
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