George Gilbert Hoskins
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
In office
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877
Preceded byWilliam Williams
Succeeded byCharles B. Benedict
Constituency30th district (1873–75)
31st district (1875–77)
Lieutenant Governor of New York
In office
January 1, 1880 – December 31, 1882
GovernorAlonzo B. Cornell
Preceded byWilliam Dorsheimer
Succeeded byDavid B. Hill
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the Wyoming district
In office
January 1, 1865 – December 31, 1866
Preceded byByron Healy
Succeeded byWilliam Bristol
In office
January 1, 1860 – December 31, 1860
Preceded byElias C. Holt
Succeeded byJohn J. Doolittle
Personal details
Born(1824-12-24)December 24, 1824
Bennington, New York, US
DiedJune 12, 1893(1893-06-12) (aged 68)
Attica, New York, US
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLois A. Hollenbeck Hoskins
ProfessionMerchant
Politician

George Gilbert Hoskins (December 24, 1824 – June 12, 1893) was an American politician who served as the lieutenant governor of New York and United States Representative for the state of New York.

Early life

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Hoskins was born in Bennington, Wyoming County, New York. Raised on a farm, he attended the common schools and an academy, and at the age of seventeen, he began teaching school. When he was twenty-two, he engaged successfully in mercantile pursuits.[1]

Career

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For a number of years he was town clerk of Bennington and justice of the peace, and was a member of the New York State Assembly (Wyoming Co.) in 1860, 1865 and 1866; Hoskins was Speaker in 1865.[2] He was Postmaster of Bennington, NY, from 1849 to 1853 and from 1861 to 1866. In 1867, he moved to Attica, New York, where he was commissioner of public accounts from 1868 to 1870. On May 1, 1871, he was appointed as Collector of Internal Revenue for the 29th District of New York.[3]

A Republican, Hoskins served as United States Representative from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1875, for the 30th District of New York; and from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1877, for the 31st District of New York. He was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1880 to 1882, elected at the New York state election, 1879.

Death

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Hoskins died in Attica, New York, on June 12, 1893, at age 68. He is interred at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Attica, New York.

Family life

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In 1846 Hoskins married Lois A. Hollenbeck.

References

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  1. ^ Barnes, William Horatio (1874). The American Government ...: Biographies of members of the House of representatives of the Forty-third Congress. W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1874. pp. 141–142. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. ^ "George Gilbert Hoskins". 2002-2014 The Lincoln Institute. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  3. ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1914). Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits ... American Publishers' Association, 1914. p. 219. Retrieved 27 June 2014. George Gilbert Hoskins.
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Political offices Preceded byThomas G. Alvord Speaker of the New York State Assembly 1865 Succeeded byLyman Tremain Preceded byWilliam Dorsheimer Lieutenant Governor of New York 1880–1882 Succeeded byDavid B. Hill U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byWilliam Williams Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 30th congressional district 1873–1875 Succeeded byJohn M. Davy Preceded byLyman K. Bass Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 31st congressional district 1875–1877 Succeeded byCharles B. Benedict
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