Edward W. Hoch

Hoch was born in Danville, Kentucky. His education was in the public schools and he attended Central University in Danville.{{cite web|title=Edward W. Hoch |url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/v2/ch63p1.html |publisher=Blue Skyways |access-date=September 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017081844/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1918ks/v2/ch63p1.html |archive-date=October 17, 2012 }} He left college before graduating, entered a newspaper office and spent three years learning to be a printer.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n844 848]}}

Hoch moved to Marion, Kansas, in 1871, and homesteaded 160 acres of land. He bought the Marion County Record newspaper in 1874 and became a country editor. He married Sarah Louise Dickerson on May 23, 1876, and they had four children, two sons and two daughters.

Hoch was elected and served two terms in the Kansas House of Representatives (1889–91 and 1893–95). With the support of Kansas like Charles Curtis, M.A. Low, and J.S. Dean, he was elected governor in 1904{{Cite book |last=Curtis |first=Charles |title=Autobiography |date=n.d. |publisher=Unpublished Archived Material |location=Kansas State Historical Society |pages=140}} and reelected in 1906. During his tenure, new laws enacted included a child labor law, a pure food law, a bank guaranty law, a party primary law, a maximum freight rate bill; and improvements were sanctioned in the juvenile courts and state institutions.{{cite web|title=Edward W. Hoch|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_kansas/col2-content/main-content-list/title_hoch_edward.html|publisher=National Governors Association|access-date=September 30, 2012}}

After leaving office, Hoch lectured on the Chautauqua circuit, becoming a well-known orator. He served on the Kansas Board of Administration from 1913 to 1919, and continued as publisher of the Marion Record until his death in Marion on June 1, 1925.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070921223038/http://www.kspress.com/img/HOF/members/hoch.html Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame biography]
• [http://marionrecord.com/ Marion County Record]
• [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksmarihp/HISTORYOFKANSASNEWSPAPERS.html History of Early Marion County Newspapers, 1916]
• [https://cdm16884.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/search/searchterm/G1-Hoch-Collection Publications concerning Kansas Governor Hoch's administration available via the KGI Online Library]

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