EBENEZER R. HOAR

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FULL NAME: 
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar

BORN:
February 21, 1816,
Concord, Massachusetts

DIED:
January 31, 1895 (age 78),
Concord, Massachusetts

EDUCATION:
Harvard University (BA, LLB)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Whig (Before 1854)
Republican (1854–1895)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1840:
Admitted to Bar,
Began Practicing  Law in Concord and Boston, Massachusetts 
1846:
Served in MA State Senate 
1849-1855:
Judge, MA Court of Common Pleas
1859-1869:
Judge, MA Supreme Judicial Court 
1868-1882:
Member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University
1869:
Nominated by President Grant as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (Not Confirmed)
1869-1870:
U.S. Attorney General
1873-1875:
U.S. House of Representatives (R-MA)
1875:
Resumed Practicing Law in Concord and Boston, MA

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
MA Supreme Judicial Court
Department of Justice
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

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Artist: William Morris Hunt (DOJ Portrait)