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John Westbrook Hornbeck (January 24, 1804 – January 16, 1848) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from
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Biography

Westbrook Hornbeck was born in
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. He graduated from
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in
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, in 1827. He studied law, was admitted to the bar of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1829 and commenced practice in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1830. He was commissioned deputy attorney general of the State of Pennsylvania for
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, 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 United States House Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business during the Thirtieth Congress. Interment in Allentown Cemetery.


See also

* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)


Sources


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