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John Westbrook Hornbeck (January 24, 1804 – January 16, 1848) was a Whig member of the
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Biography

Westbrook Hornbeck was born in Montague Township, New Jersey. He graduated from
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, in 1827. He studied law, was admitted to the bar of
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, in 1829 and commenced practice in
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, in 1830. He was commissioned deputy attorney general of the State of Pennsylvania for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in 1836 and served three years. Hornbeck was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress and served until his death in Allentown in 1848. He served as chairman of the
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during the Thirtieth Congress. Interment in Allentown Cemetery.


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The Political Graveyard
1804 births 1848 deaths Pennsylvania lawyers Politicians from Allentown, Pennsylvania People from Montague Township, New Jersey Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub