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Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (February 21, 1816 – January 31, 1895) was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist from Massachusetts. He served as U.S. Attorney General from 1869 to 1870, and was the first head of the newly created Department of Justice.
Ebenezer R. Hoar (born Feb. 21, 1816, Concord, Mass., U.S.—died Jan. 31, 1895, Concord) was an American politician, a leading antislavery Whig in Massachusetts who was briefly attorney general in President Ulysses S. Grant’s administration.
From 1849 to 1855, Hoar served as judge of common pleas in Massachusetts, and from 1859 to 1869, as associate justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Court. He then became the first of President Ulysses S. Grant’s five attorney generals.
The Honorable Ebenezer R. Hoar, a Justice of this Court from the twelfth day of April, 1859, to the tenth day of March, 1869, died at his residence in Concord on the thirty-first day of January, 1895.
American public official Ebenezer R. Hoar was a leading antislavery Whig in Massachusetts. He briefly served as attorney general in President Ulysses S. Grant ’s administration. Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar was born on February 21, 1816, in Concord, Massachusetts, into a distinguished New England family.
Oct 24, 2022 · Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood. 30th Attorney General, 1869 - 1870. Download Image. Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on February 21, 1816. He graduated from Harvard in 1835, studied law there and received his LL.B. degree in 1839. He was admitted to the bar in 1840.
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (February 21, 1816 – January 31, 1895) was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist from Massachusetts. He served as U.S. Attorney General from 1869 to 1870, and was the first head of the newly created Department of Justice.
