. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . ,and subsequently inthe office of the lateJudge Thomas, inWorcester. .\d-mitted to the Wor-cester bar in 1849he associated him-self in practice firstwith the late Washb u r n,and then with thelate Hon. CharlesDevens and the lateJ. Henry Hill. native capac-ity, disciplined byeducation and sup-plemented by greatindustry, gave him ahigh rank in his pro-fession, and when heentered Cong r e s s,after twenty years oflabor at the bar, hispractic
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . ,and subsequently inthe office of the lateJudge Thomas, inWorcester. .\d-mitted to the Wor-cester bar in 1849he associated him-self in practice firstwith the late Washb u r n,and then with thelate Hon. CharlesDevens and the lateJ. Henry Hill. native capac-ity, disciplined byeducation and sup-plemented by greatindustry, gave him ahigh rank in his pro-fession, and when heentered Cong r e s s,after twenty years oflabor at the bar, hispractice was thelargest in the Statewest of MiddlesexCounty. In 1851, at the age of twenty-five, Mr. Hoar was elected a rep-resentative to the Legislature, and though the youngestmember of the body, became at once a leader. Hewas elected State Senator in 1857, and as chairman ofthe Judiciary Committee drew a masterly report defin-ing the boundaries of executive and legislative Hoar was first elected to Congress in 1868, havingdeclined at an earlier time to accept an election. Hebecame known at once as a formidable opponent in. GEORGE F, HOAR. debate, but acc|uired a reputation for fairness towardhis opponents which has ever since been a trait ofhis public career. His most distinguished service inCongress was as a member of the Electoral Commis-sion. Mr. Hoar was re-elected in 1870,1872,and 1874,but declined again to be a candidate. In 1876 hewas elected LTnited States senator, to succeed S. Boutwell, and has since been twice third election was by the unanimous vote of his party in the Legisla-ture without a cau- cus. In the Senate Mr. Hoar was formany years chairmanof the Committeeon Privileges a n dElecti o n s, and amember of the Com-mittees on Claimsand the is now chairmanof the last-namedcommittee. He isthe author or leadingadvocate of numer-ous important meas-ures, among othersof the Lowell Bank-ruptcy Bill, the Pres-idential S
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