Mark A. Hodgson
{{Short description|American politician (1793–1868)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mark A. Hodgson
| image = Mark A. Hodgson (1881).png
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| caption = Hodgson in an 1881 publication
| state_house = Pennsylvania
| district = Chester County
| term_start = 1855
| term_end = 1855
| alongside = Matthias J. Pennypacker and William R. Downing
| predecessor = Robert E. Monaghan, Henry T. Evans, William Wheeler
| successor = Andrew Buchanan, Joseph Dowdall, Robert Irwin
| birth_name = Mark Alexander Hodgson
| birth_date = {{birth date|1793|10|5}}
| birth_place = New London Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1868|7|16|1793|10|5}}
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| party = Whig
| spouse = {{marriage|Sophia Duffield|1828}}
| children = 5
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| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|farmer}}
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Mark Alexander Hodgson (October 5, 1793 – July 16, 1868) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County in 1855.
Early life
Mark Alexander Hodgson{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-married-29-ma/137870594/ |title=Married |date=1828-03-29 |newspaper=The National Gazette |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-01-01}}{{Open access}} was born on October 5, 1793, in New London Township, Pennsylvania, to Sarah (née Alexander) and Robert Hodgson.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924005813518/page/n849/mode/2up |title=History of Chester County, Pennsylvania with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches |last1=Futhey |first1=J. Smith |last2=Cope |first2=Gilbert |year=1881 |publisher=Louis H. Everts |page=604 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-30}}{{Open access}}
Career
Hodgson worked in agricultural pursuits in New London Township until 1861. He then moved to Oxford. He served as justice of the peace starting in 1830 for about 20 years. He was a trustee of the New London Academy and built a public school on his own land before the public school system existed.
Hodgson was a Whig. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County in 1855.{{cite web |url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=8723 |title=M. N. Hodgson |website=Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives |access-date=2023-12-30}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/chestercountyits00thoms/page/440/mode/2up |title=Chester County and Its People |editor-last=Thomson |editor-first=W. W. |year=1898 |publisher=The Union History Company |page=440 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-30}}{{Open access}}
Personal life
Hodgson married Sophia Duffield, sister of George Duffield and granddaughter of George Duffield, on March 25, 1828. They had five children, Robert, George D., Henry D., Mark A. Jr. and Mary A. He was a ruling elder of the New London Presbyterian Church for more than 20 years.
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Category:Politicians from Chester County, Pennsylvania
Category:Farmers from Pennsylvania
Category:American justices of the peace
Category:Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Category:19th-century American farmers
Category:19th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly