Samuel Harris Hoge (April 6, 1860 – March 21, 1947) was an American attorney and Republican politician who served one term in the Virginia House of Delegates.[1]
Samuel H. Hoge | |
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 Portrait of Hoge, c. 1887 | |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Patrick County | |
| In office December 2, 1885 – December 7, 1887 | |
| Preceded by | Abram F. Mays |
| Succeeded by | Edmund Parr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samuel Harris Hoge April 6, 1860 Montgomery County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | March 21, 1947 (aged 86) Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Katherine Craig Taylor |
Early and family life
editHe was born in Montgomery County, Virginia, on April 6, 1860, to Daniel Howe Hoge (1811–1867) and his wife, the former Anne Hawes DeJarnette of Caroline County (1824–1876), and had at least three elder brothers and two sisters.[2]
On October 2, 1889, Hoge married Katherine Craig Taylor (1870-1956), whose father James Craig Taylor (1826–1887) had served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly as well as Attorney General of Virginia after the American Civil War. Their son Samuel Harris Hoge Jr. (1893-1941) did not survive his parents, but their daughters did: Caroline H. Hoge, Barbara H. Hoge, Katherine D. Hoge.
Career
editHoge was admitted to the Virginia bar, and also served as postmaster.
He served one term in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Patrick County, Virginia, beginning December 2, 1885 (replacing Abram F. Mays and being replaced by Edmund Parr, who would serve many terms).[3] Hoge later moved his legal practice to Roanoke.
Hoge was the Republican nominee for Governor of Virginia in 1925. He lost the general election to state senator Harry F. Byrd, who was transforming the Democratic political machine formerly headed by the late U.S. Senator Thomas S. Martin into the Byrd Organization, which would hold power in the Commonwealth for the next three decades.
Death and legacy
editSamuel Hoge Sr. died on March 21, 1947, at Roanoke's Jefferson Hospital of complications after a stroke, survived by his wife and daughters. He is buried in Roanoke's Fair View Cemetery.[4]
References
edit- ^ Swem, Earl G. (1918). Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776–1918. Richmond: Virginia State Library. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ^ Virginia death certificate, available online at ancestry.com
- ^ Cynthia Miller Leonard, Virginia's General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) p. 542
- ^ findagrave no 110451946
External links
edit- Samuel H. Hoge at The Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database Project, 1776-2007
- Samuel H. Hoge at Find a Grave
