Charles B. Hoard
Charles Brooks Hoard (June 5, 1805 - November 20, 1886) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Springfield, Vermont, Hoard attended the public schools. He moved to Antwerp, New York, where he was postmaster during the administrations of Jackson and Van Buren. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Jefferson Co.) in 1838. He moved to Watertown, New York, in January 1844. He served as clerk of Jefferson County 1844-1846.
Hoard was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861). He engaged in the manufacture of portable engines and, during the Civil War, the manufacture of arms for the Government. He moved to West Virginia in 1870. He died in Ceredo, West Virginia, November 20, 1886. He was interred in Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Virginia.
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