James L. Hogeboom
{{short description|American politician (1766–1839)}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=James L. Hogeboom
|state=New York
|district={{ushr|NY|9|9th}}
|term_start=March 4, 1823
|term_end=March 3, 1825
|predecessor=Stephen Van Rensselaer
|successor=William McManus
|office2=Member of the New York State Assembly
|term2=1808
|term_start3=1804
|term_end3=1805
|birth_name=James Lawrence Hogeboom
|birth_date={{birth date|1766|8|25}}
|birth_place=Ghent, Province of New York, British America
|death_date={{death date and age|1839|12|23|1766|8|25}}
|death_place=Castleton-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.
|resting_place=Castleton Cemetery, Castleton-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.
|nationality=American
|party=Democratic-Republican
|spouse=Mary Van Alstyne
|parents=Lawrence Hogeboom
Hester Leggett
|profession=Politician, merchant, lawyer
}}
James Lawrence Hogeboom (August 25, 1766 – December 23, 1839) was an American merchant, lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
Hogeboom was born August 25, 1766 in Ghent, New York, the son of Lawrence Hogeboom (1737–1805, member of the New York State Assembly in 1786 and 1792) and Hester (Leggett) Hogeboom (1739–1832).
Hogeboom removed to Pittstown, New York, in 1794. He married Mary Van Alstyne, and they had several children, among them Dr. James Hogeboom (1800–1870). He removed to Castleton-on-Hudson, New York, in April 1802.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1804-05 and 1808. He was First Judge of the Rensselaer County Court from 1805 to 1808. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821.
Hogeboom was elected as a Crawford Democratic-Republican to the 18th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1823 to March 3, 1825. Afterwards he resumed his mercantile business.
Hogeboom died in Castleton-on-Hudson, New York and was buried at Castleton Cemetery.
External links
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- [https://books.google.com/books?id=E3sFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA71 The New York Civil List] compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 57, 71, 178, 181, 281 and 363; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- [http://genforum.genealogy.com/hogeboom/messages/54.html Hogeboom genealogy] at GenForum
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Category:American politicians of Dutch descent
Category:Members of the New York State Assembly
Category:People from Ghent, New York
Category:People from Schodack, New York
Category:New York (state) state court judges
Category:People from Pittstown, New York
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives