Samuel Harris Hoge (April 6, 1860 – March 21, 1947) was an American attorney and Republican politician who served one term in the

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Early and family life

He was born in

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, on April 6, 1860, to Daniel Howe Hoge (1811–1867) and his wife, the former Anne Hawes DeJarnette of Caroline County (1824–1876), and had at least three elder brothers and two sisters. On October 2, 1889, Hoge married Katherine Craig Taylor (1870-1956), whose father James Craig Taylor (1826–1887) had served in both houses of the

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as well as Attorney General of Virginia after the American Civil War. Their son Samuel Harris Hoge Jr. (1893-1941) did not survive his parents, but their daughters did: Caroline H. Hoge, Barbara H. Hoge, Katherine D. Hoge.

Career

Hoge was admitted to the Virginia bar, and also served as postmaster. He served one term in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing

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, beginning December 2, 1885 (replacing Abram F. Mays and being replaced by Edmund Parr, who would serve many terms). Hoge later moved his legal practice to

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. Hoge was the Republican nominee for

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. He lost the general election to state senator Harry F. Byrd, who was transforming the Democratic political machine formerly headed by the late U.S. Senator Thomas S. Martin into the

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, which would hold power in the Commonwealth for the next three decades.

Death and legacy

Samuel Hoge Sr. died on March 21, 1947, at Roanoke's

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of complications after a

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, survived by his wife and daughters. He is buried in Roanoke's Fair View Cemetery.findagrave no 110451946

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoge, Samuel H. 1860 births 1947 deaths Republican Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates People from Montgomery County, Virginia People from Patrick County, Virginia Politicians from Roanoke, Virginia 19th-century members of the Virginia General Assembly 20th-century Virginia politicians