Hosea Hunt Rockwell (May 31, 1840 – December 18, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1891 to 1893.

Biography

Born in

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, Rockwell attended the common schools. He served as a private in the Twenty-third Regiment, New York Volunteers, in 1861 and 1862. He studied law. He was

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in 1869 and commenced practice in

Elmira, New York Elmira () is a city and the county seat of Chemung County, New York, United States. It is the principal city of the Elmira, New York, metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses Chemung County. The population was 26,523 at the 2020 cens ...

Political career

He was a member of the

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(Chemung Co.) in

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. City attorney of Elmira.

Congress

Rockwell was elected as a

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to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1893.

Later career

He served as delegate to the

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. He served as chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1896. He resumed the practice of law in

Death and burial

He died in

, December 18, 1918. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Sources

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rockwell, Hosea H. 1840 births 1918 deaths United States Army soldiers Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly Politicians from Elmira, New York Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century American politicians