Truman Harrison Hoag (April 9, 1816 – February 5, 1870) was a
19th Century
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American small businessman and politician who served part of one term as a
U.S. Representative
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from
Ohio
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between 1869 and 1870.
Biography
Born in
Manlius, New York
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, Hoag attended the public schools.
Career
He moved to
Syracuse, New York
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, in 1832 and was employed as a clerk in a store and later in the canal collector's office.
He moved to
Oswego, New York
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, in 1839 and was employed for a commission merchants company, moving to
Toledo, Ohio
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, in 1849 as agent of the same firm.
Later became engaged in transportation and in mercantile pursuits.
He also engaged in the manufacture of illuminating gas and of coke.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor in 1867.
Congress
Hoag was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
Forty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1869, until his death.
Death and burial
He died in
Washington, D.C.
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, on February 5, 1870 and was interred in Forest Cemetery in Toledo, Ohio.
See also
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Sources
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1816 births
1870 deaths
Politicians from Toledo, Ohio
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives