William Hoge (1762September 25, 1814) was a member of the

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from

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Biography

Hoge was born near Hogestown in the

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. He received a limited schooling and moved to western Pennsylvania in 1782, where he and his brother John founded the town of

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. He was a member of the

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in 1796 and 1797. Hoge was elected as a

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to the

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and Eighth United States Congresses and served until his resignation on October 15, 1804. He was again elected to the Tenth Congress. He retired to his farm near Washington, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1814. Interment in the "Old Graveyard."

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