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Role
  
U.S. representative

Name
  
Truman Hoag


Political party
  
Democratic

Succeeded by
  
Erasmus D. Peck

Party
  
Democratic Party

Full Name
  
Truman Harrison Hoag

Born
  
April 9, 1816 Manlius, New York (
1816-04-09
)

Resting place
  
Forest Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio

Died
  
February 5, 1870, Washington, D.C., United States

Preceded by
  
James Mitchell Ashley

Truman Harrison Hoag (April 9, 1816 – February 5, 1870) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Manlius, New York, Hoag attended the public schools. He moved to Syracuse, New York, in 1832 and was employed as a clerk in a store and later in the canal collector's office. He moved to Oswego, New York, in 1839 and was employed for a commission merchants company, moving to Toledo, Ohio, in 1849 as agent of the same firm. Later became engaged in transportation and in mercantile pursuits. He also engaged in the manufacture of illuminating gas and of coke. He was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor in 1867.

Hoag was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1869, until his death in Washington, D.C., on February 5, 1870. He was interred in Forest Cemetery in Toledo, Ohio.

References

Truman H. Hoag Wikipedia