Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell (October 7, 1838 – May 2, 1900) was an American politician and

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from

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Biography

Born in

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, Hoblitzell attended primary school and graduated from the Allegany Academy of Cumberland. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1859, and commenced practice in

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. During the

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, Hoblitzell served as a private in the First Maryland Regiment of Infantry of the

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. After the war, Hoblitzell resumed the practice of law and served as a member of the

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in 1870 and 1876. He was reelected in 1878 and served as

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. He was later elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1885. Afterwards, he served as city counselor of Baltimore in 1888 and 1889, and resumed the practice of law. He died in Baltimore, and is interred in

Loudon Park Cemetery Loudon Park Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. It was incorporated on January 27, 1853, on of the site of the "Loudon" estate, previously owned by James Carey, a local merchant and politician. The entrance to the cemetery i ...

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