Samuel Hooper
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Samuel Hooper (1808 - 1875)

Samuel Hooper
Born in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, USAmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 12 Jun 1832 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 67 in Washington, District of Columbia, USAmap
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Preceded by
William Appleton
U.S. House of Representatives
Massachusetts 5th congressional district

December 2, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Succeeded by
John B Alley
Preceded by
Alexander H Rice
U.S. House of Representatives
Massachusetts 4th congressional district

March 4, 1863 – February 14, 1875
Succeeded by
Josiah G Abbott

Biography

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Samuel Hooper is Notable.

Samuel Hooper (February 3, 1808 – February 14, 1875) was a businessman and two-term member of Congress from Massachusetts.

Hooper was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. His father, Robert Hooper, was a shipping merchant and later served as president of the Grand Bank of Marblehead. After a common school education, Hooper traveled aboard his father's shipping vessels as supercargo. He is known to have visited Cuba, Russia, and Spain.[1]

He is not the son of John Hooper born in 1776.

In 1832 Hooper married Ann Sturgis, daughter of William Sturgis, and he became a junior partner in the Boston firm of Bryant and Sturgis, merchants in the California hide trade, trade with the Pacific Northwest, and trade with China. Children:[2]

  1. William 3 Mar 1833
  2. Ann Marie 10 Dec 1835
  3. Alice Sturgis 4 Apr 1841

1850 United States Census - Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Name Sex Age.Birthplace
Saml Hooper M 40Massachusetts
Anna Hooper F 37 Massachusetts
W L Hooper M 17 Massachusetts
Ann M Hooper F 14 Massachusetts
Alice Hooper F 9 Massachusetts
Nancy Abbott F 60 Massachusetts
Margaret Powers F 33 Massachusetts
M A Dowden F 29 Ireland

He died 14 Feb 1875 at Washington, District of Columbia.[3]

Sources

  1. Brown, John Howard (1901). Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States. Boston, Massachusetts: James H. Lamb.
  2. Pope, C.H.; Hooper, T.; Hooper Genealogy. Higginson Book; 1908. p.153
  3. "District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7BN-WZK : accessed 17 August 2018), Samuel Hooper, 14 Feb 1875, District of Columbia, United States; citing reference ID cn2159, District Records Center, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,135,555.

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