Preceded by Jacob Erdman Role U.S. representative Political party Whig Education Union College | Alma mater Union College Party Whig Party Name John Hornbeck Resigned January 16, 1848 | |
Succeeded by Samuel Augustus Bridges Born January 24, 1804
Montague Township, New Jersey ( 1804-01-24 ) Died January 16, 1848, Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
John Westbrook Hornbeck (January 24, 1804 – January 16, 1848) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Westbrook Hornbeck was born in Montague Township, New Jersey. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1827. He studied law, was admitted to the bar of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1829 and commenced practice in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1830. He was commissioned deputy attorney general of the State of Pennsylvania for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in 1836 and served three years.
Hornbeck was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress and served until his death in Allentown in 1848. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business during the Thirtieth Congress. Interment in Allentown Cemetery.