Hobart Krum (January 12, 1833 – May 4, 1914) was an American lawyer and politician from

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He was born on January 12, 1833, in Fulton,

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, the son of Jonas Krum (1790–1867) and Mary (Bixby) Krum (1793–1877). He attended the district schools, and worked on his father's farm. He graduated from the Union Free School in

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. Then he studied law in South Worcester, was admitted to the bar in 1856, practiced for another year in South Worcester, and then settled in the village of Schoharie. He married Frances A. Washburn (1842–1909). He was a delegate to the

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of 1867–68; a delegate to the

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and

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s; and a member of the New York State Republican Committee from 1890 to 1892. On September 19, 1895, Krum was nominated for the State Senate by the Republican 27th senatorial district convention on the 486th ballot. He was a member of the

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(27th D.) from 1896 to 1902, sitting in the 119th, 120th, 121st, 122nd, 123rd, 124th and 125th New York State Legislatures. He died on May 4, 1914, at his home in

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;''Ex-State Senator Hobart Krum''
in the ''

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'' on May 5, 1914 and was buried at St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery there.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krum, Hobart 1833 births 1914 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators People from Fulton, Schoharie County, New York People from Schoharie, New York 20th-century members of the New York State Legislature 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature