Homer Hoch - Wikipedia

American lawyer, newspaper editor, Congressman and judge (1879–1949)

Homer Hoch
Member of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom Kansas's 4th district
In officeMarch 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933
Preceded by	Dudley Doolittle
Succeeded by	Randolph Carpenter
Personal details
Born	(1879-07-04)July 4, 1879Marion, Kansas
Died	January 30, 1949(1949-01-30) (aged 69)Topeka, Kansas
Party	Republican

Homer Hoch (July 4, 1879 – January 30, 1949) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, United States Congressman from Kansas, and judge who served seven terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1919 to 1933.

Biography

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Born in Marion, Kansas, Hoch graduated from Baker University in Baldwin City in 1902. He attended George Washington Law School and then Washburn Law School, from which he graduated in 1909.

Career

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He served as clerk and chief of the Appointment Division in the United States Post Office Department, Washington, D.C. from 1903 to 1905. He was private secretary to the Governor of Kansas Edward Wallis Hoch in 1907 and 1908. He engaged in the practice of law in Marion from 1909 to 1919 and was editor of the Marion County Record newspaper. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1928.

Congress

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Hoch was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress. He served as member and chairman of the State Corporation Commission of Kansas 1933-1939.

Later career and death

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Hoch was elected a member of the Kansas Supreme Court in 1938. He was reelected in 1944 and served until his death in Topeka, January 30, 1949. He was interred in Highland Cemetery in Marion.

Family

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Hoch's son, Wharton Hoch, was the editor and publisher of the Marion County Record in Marion, Kansas.[1]

References

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1. ^ Congress, United States (1967). "Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 90th Congress 1st Session". Google Books. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

• United States Congress. "Homer Hoch (id: H000669)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

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• Media related to Homer Hoch at Wikimedia Commons

 This article incorporates public domain material from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Federal government of the United States.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byDudley Doolittle	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 4th congressional district March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933	Succeeded byRandolph Carpenter

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