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Enos Hook

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Preceded by
  
Andrew Buchanan

Role
  
U.S. representative

Succeeded by
  
Henry White Beeson

Died
  
July 15, 1841


Political party
  
Democratic

Party
  
Democratic Party

Name
  
Enos Hook

Resigned
  
April 18, 1841

Born
  
December 3, 1804 Waynesburg, Pennsylvania (
1804-12-03
)

Enos Hook (December 3, 1804 – July 15, 1841) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Enos Hook was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Waynesburg. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1837 and 1838.

Hook was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses and served until April 18, 1841, when he resigned. He died in Waynesburg in 1841. Interment in Green Mount Cemetery.

References

Enos Hook Wikipedia