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Sherman Hoar | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | |
| Preceded by | Nathaniel P. Banks |
| Succeeded by | Moses T. Stevens |
| United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | |
| In office 1893–1897 | |
| Preceded by | Frank D. Allen |
| Succeeded by | Boyd B. Jones |
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| Born | (1860-07-30)July 30, 1860 Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | October 7, 1898(1898-10-07) (aged 38) Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Harvard University (BA,LLB) |
| Profession | Attorney |
Sherman Hoar (July 30, 1860 – October 7, 1898) was an American lawyer and politician who was a member ofCongress representingMassachusetts, andU.S. District Attorney for Massachusetts. As a young man he was the model for the head of theJohn Harvard statue now in the Harvard Yard.
Hoar graduated fromHarvard College in 1882 andHarvard Law School in 1884.While at Harvard he sat as the model for the head of theJohn Harvard statue which now sits inHarvard Yard.In 1885 he was admitted to the bar ofMiddlesex County and commenced practicing law inConcord, Massachusetts.
Though from a prominent Republican family Hoar was aMugwump, leading the Young Men's Democratic Club of Massachusetts duringGrover Cleveland's 1884 campaign, and was a member of theHouse of Representatives in theFifty-second U.S. Congress (1891–1893).He was U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, 1893–1897.
Hoar was director of theMassachusetts Volunteer Aid Association during theSpanish–American War, and served[clarification needed] in several US Army hospitals in the South.He was also a great believer inpublic education. He once said: "Ourpublic school system is what makes this Nation superior to all other Nations—not theArmy or theNavy system.Military display . . . does not belong here."[where?][1]
After an illness of three weeks, Sherman Hoar died at his home on Main street, Concord, of typhoid fever contracted while making a tour of the Southern camps as a General of the Massachusetts Volunteer Association.[2]
Sherman Hoar came from a line of distinguished Massachusetts and New England politicians, lawyers and esteemed public servants. He was
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