Member Biography

Biography

Thomas Hoge (D19) Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties, 1854-1856 (R26) Lawrence, Mercer and Venango Counties, 1864 (R28) Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties 1865-1866

Early Life:

Thomas Hoge, born March 7, 1808, Butler County, Pennsylvania; son of John and Mary Irwin Hoge; common school education; at the age of seventeen went to Cleveland, Ohio, remaining there several years; engaged, iron business, Mount Etna furnace; Slab furnace, Cranberry township, 1833; married Harriet Cross Hoge (d.1835) remarried, Eliza Jane Morrow Hoge, children, Mary Jane Hoge Hoover, Harriet Hoge Cooper; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 19th District, 1853; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 19th District, 1855; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 26th District, 1863; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 28th District, 1865; died, March 12, 1885 (aged, 77) Venango County, Pennsylvania; interment, Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania. 

Early Career:

Engaged, iron business, Mount Etna furnace; Slab furnace, Cranberry township, 1833 partnership, William Cross. Later would marry his daughter. 

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Methodist church.

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 19th district, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties, 1854-1856. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 26th district, Lawrence, Mercer and Venango Counties, 1864; Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 28th district, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties 1865-1866.

Legacy:

Father John Hoge, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties, 1851-1853.

John Hoge  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members H". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Thomas Hoge (1808-1885) - Find a Grave Memorial