HEHRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OK AMKRICAN BIOORAPHY. tbe
American
society; ii iiieinber uf the Aiiiericuii urt.sociatiiui for tlif uiivuiieemuiit uf science; and a nifUiU-r ul uf
pliilosopliical
variuus other educutiunal und scienlitic 80cieties. He is the author of Splu>re «tf the iState;
Sphere of
Scit-nce;
r»ychol«»g
an<l
L'onunon Life; und other worktf.
Hoffman, Francis Arnold, journalixt. tlior,
was born .lunc 5, 1S22, in l'riis>ia. he was elected lieutenant-governor
ing. iui-
In of
N.Y.
Hoffman, Ogden, lawyer, congressman was lM»rn .May -i. 1793, in New York City. He enteri<l the navy as a midshipman, but
Illinois. For nearly twenty years past Inbeen editor of the llaus and Uau<-r freund of Milwaukee, Win. He is the an thur of Hand book on the Cultivation ol Uralses and (MIht Fodder Plants.
in
luiH
Hoffman, George W. dent, wa.s born Nov.
'M),
S.,
Hoffman, Henry W., congressman, wa-^ born in Maryland. In IH.");) 57 he was a rep reiH'ntative from .Maryland to the thirty fourth congress. In 1801 he wan a|>poinleil collector of the port of Baltimore. He died in Baltimore. Md.
Hoffman, Herman S., clergyman, author, was born June ». 1841, in Salem, N.C, He founded <*everal Moravian churches in riiii adelphia, Pa.; in 1SS."> founded Christ mem orial church; and in IHO'.i built the church of our redwmer. In lOO.'i he was conse crated bishop of the reformed episcopal church. He is the author of Sermons and Life Beyond the Grave. Hoffman, John N., clergyman, author, was bon» in 1804 in Pennsylvania, lie wa^ the author of Kvangelical HymiiH, Original and Selected; A Collection of Tests; an<l The Broken Platform, a Defense of the Sym holical Books of the Lutheran Church. He died in ISS? In Lebanon, Pa, Hoffman, John Thompson, lawyer, gover nor, was lK>rn Jan. 10, lH-28. in Sing Sing. N.Y. He was mayor of New York City in 1865-On. He was the twenty third governor of New York in ISr.il 7:5. He died
March
24.
ISSS.
in
Germany.
Hoffman, Michael, lawver. congressman, iK.rn in 1788 in Clift.'.n Park. N.Y. In 182i)-3.'J he was a represenfativo from New York to the nineteenth, twentieth, twenlyfirst and twenty-se<M»n<l congresses. He was npjK)inte«l a canal commissioner for the state of New York, wrote several able ref»orts. and resigned the office in I8."W. In 1841 he was elected to the state asseinldv.
was
He
died Sept. 27. 1848. in Brooklyn. N.Y.
Hoffman, Murray, lawyer, jurist, aut'or, wa^ Ikirn Sept. 2J>. 17!>l. in N< w York City He was jmlge of the superior eonrt in N< v Hi- was the author of York in IR.W-fil. Office and Diities of Masters in Chancerv;
years
re-
He was ap
pointed torney
district atOrange of
County;
and
New York
nn>vcd Citv in
1826. In 1828 he 'was representative a in the" legislature. In |S2l»:J."»
attorney;
was district and was
Cnited
appoiiited States district
IW.i.
thre«'
signed.
to
railroad pn-siin Haltinxtrt.
IHW,
Since 1800 ho has bciii pr»*>idrnt <•( .Md. the (Junpowder valley railroad. Hoffman, Henry C, soldier, was born in New Viirk. In ISUl he was colonel in tintwenty third regiment New York infant r. and in 18(};i he was brevetted brigadiergeneral of volunteers. He died . g.
18S
Kstate and Rights of the Cor|M»ration of New York as Proprietors; aiw of the Prol tstant Kpiscopal Church in the Cnited SUUes; Kccle!«iastieal Imw in the State of .Sew York; an<l Ijiw and Practice ais t<i References. He died May 7, 1H78, in Flush-
attor-
ney by Presi<|enl Harrison. In I8:{7-41 he was a represenla;ixe to the twenty-Hfth and twenty si||i congresscH. In 18a4 he was appointed at torney -general of the state. He died .May 1.
is.'iii. in .New York City. Hoffman, Ogden, lawyer, jurist, was
l>orii
Oct. l«j, 1S22. in Coshen, N.Y. In IS.IO he moved to California, and commenced the practice of law; and in I8r>l !M judge of lie Cnited States c<mrt for the northern district of California. He ilied in IHOl in S;in Fr.incisco. Cal. Hoffman, Richard Curzon, railroad presiI
was Imrn July l.'J, ls:{)>, in Baltimore. Md. In 181»:i !»!» he was president of HuSea l»<»ard air line; and was president of the Baltimore steam packet company. Hoffman, Richard Hoffman. musiciMn. coinposi r. was lM»rn May 24, ISMl, in England. He was the solo piano player of Hie (ir^t scries of the .Tenny Lind concerts. He S4'ttled in New York as a teacher and concert player: and is a noteworthy eomivoser. Hoffman, Wickham, siddier. diplomat, author, was Iwirn April 2, IS2I. in New York <!i'nt,
City. Paris. sively:
He
sen-ed as secretary of legation at
London and St. Petersburg succns and was minister <o Denmark in I88.1-S.'». He was the author of Camp. Court and Siege, a Narrative of Personal .Adven ture During Two Wars; and Leisure Hours in Russia. He died in 1000 in N«'w York City.
Hoffman. William,
soldier,
was born Dec
2. 1807. in New York Citv. He served in the Sioux expedition of 1S.">.">; an<l in 18.'»8 in the Ctah expedition and the march to California. Ho became a lieutenant-colonel in 1800: and was subsc<piently brevett'd briijadier-general and major-general. lie died Aug. 12. 1884. in Rr.ck Island. III.
Hoffman, August William, musician, coinborn July 2Ct. H(U. in (Jerniany. is a successful teacher of harmonv and
lioser, w:is
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