Occupation American politician Name Josiah Hoffman | Role Politician Died January 24, 1837 | |
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Born April 14, 1766 Newark, New Jersey | ||
Josiah Ogden Hoffman (April 14, 1766 – January 24, 1837 in New York City) was an American lawyer and politician.
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Early life
Josiah Ogden Hoffman was born on April 14, 1766, in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Nicholas Hoffman (1736–1800) and Sarah Ogden Hoffman (1742–1821). He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in New York City, and entered politics as a Federalist.
Career
Hoffman was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co.) in 1791, 1792, 1792–93, 1794, 1795. He was New York Attorney General from 1795 to 1802, and was also a member of the State Assembly in 1796–97.
From 1810 to 1811, he was Recorder of New York City; again a member of the State Assembly in 1812–13; and again Recorder of New York City from 1813 to 1815.
In 1828, he was appointed as one of the first justices (with Samuel Jones and Thomas J. Oakley) of the then established New York City Superior Court, and remained on the bench until his death in 1837.
Personal life
On February 16, 1789, he married Mary Colden (1770–1797), and they had four children, including:
Following his first wife's death in 1797, on August 7, 1802, he married Maria Fenno (1781–1823), daughter of John Fenno (1751–1798), the Federalist editor of the Gazette of the United States. Maria's sister, Mary Eliza Fenmo (d. 1817) married Gulian C. Verplanck. Together, HOffman and Maria had three children, including:
Hoffman died on January 24, 1837, in New York City.
Descendants
His grandson was Ogden Hoffman, Jr. (1822–1891), a United States federal judge.