Rockwood Hoar (August 24, 1855 – November 1, 1906) was a

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from

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, the son of Massachusetts US Senator

George Frisbie Hoar George Frisbie Hoar (August 29, 1826 – September 30, 1904) was an American attorney and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1877 to 1904. He belonged to an extended family that became politically prominen ...

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Hoar was born in

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and graduated from

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in 1876. He was a member of Company C, Fifth Massachusetts Infantry, from 1875 to 1879, an assistant to the

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for the middle district

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from 1884 to 1887, a member of the common council of Worcester from 1887 to 1891, and aide-de-camp with the rank of colonel on the staff of Governor Oliver Ames from 1887 to 1890. He served as judge advocate general with the rank of brigadier general on the staff of

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Roger Wolcott from 1897 to 1900. He was the district attorney of Worcester County from 1899 to 1904. He was elected to the

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in 1904, serving from 1905 to 1906. He was also a board trustee of

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, a board trustee of the Worcester Insane Hospital, and board director of the Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company. Hoar was elected a member of the

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in 1894.American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
/ref> Hoar died in Worcester after an illness of about five weeks and is buried in the

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there. Since his death occurred five days before the next election, the Third Congressional Republican District Committee, which was in session at the time of his death, nominated Charles G. Washburn to fill the vacancy, and he won the seat. He married Christine Rice in 1893; she was the daughter of Worcester manufacturer William E. Rice. They had two daughters, Frances Helen and Louisa Ruth. In addition to being Senator

's son, he was the nephew of U.S. Attorney General and Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice

Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (February 21, 1816 – January 31, 1895) was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist from Massachusetts. He served as U.S. Attorney General from 1869 to 1870, and was the first head of the newly created Department of Jus ...

and cousin of

Sherman Hoar Sherman Hoar (July 30, 1860 – October 7, 1898), was an American lawyer, member of Congress representing Massachusetts, and U.S. District Attorney for Massachusetts. As a young man he was the model for the head of the John Harvard statue no ...

. Rockwood Hoar was also the grandson of U.S. Congressman

Samuel Hoar Samuel Hoar (May 18, 1778 – November 2, 1856) was a United States lawyer and politician. A member of a prominent political family in Massachusetts, he was a leading 19th century lawyer of that state. He was associated with the Federalist Party ...

and the great grandson of

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'', November 2, 1906.
Rockwood Hoar Papers
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