Hobart M. Stocking (April 28, 1846 – August 6, 1920) was a member of the

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Biography

Stocking was born in

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on April 28, 1846. He attended what was then Galesville University. During the

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, he was a captain with the 48th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the

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and was a commander of Mound City's post. He married a woman 30 years his junior in the 1890s, but divorced in 1898. Stocking died in

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on August 6, 1920.

Political career

Stocking was a member of the Assembly during the 1876 and 1889 sessions. Previously, he had been Receiver of the U.S. Land Office of

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from 1869 to 1873. He was a

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stocking, Hobart Politicians from Eau Claire, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Gale College alumni People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War Union Army officers 1846 births 1920 deaths Burials in Wisconsin