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James Hooker

Gender:
Male
Born:
July 12, 1792
Died:
September 3, 1858
Home Town:
Windsor, CT
Later Residences:
Poughkeepsie, NY
Marriage(s):
Helen Read Hooker (January 24, 1816)
Biographical Notes:
James Hooker was the son of Captain James Hooker. He established a successful law practice in Poughkeepsie, NY. Hooker died at the age of seventy-six. He had two suviving daughters.
Education
Years at LLS:
1810
Other Education:
Graduated from Yale College in 1810.
Profession / Service
Profession:
Lawyer; Political Office; Military; Business
Admitted To Bar:
Poughkeepsie, NY in 1813
State Posts:
Commissioner for the New York Canal (NY) 1842
State Committees:
Served as a Presidential Elector for NY in 1836.
Local Posts:
Surrogate (Dutchess County, NY) 1828-1840
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
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CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
Litchfield County Bar Association Records, 1810, William Key Bond List 1811-1812; Catalogue of Litchfield Law School (Hartford, Connecticut: Press of Tiffany, Case and Company, 1849), 8.
Secondary Sources:
Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of College History, Vol. 6. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1912. ; Chafee, William Henry. The Chafee Genealogy. New York: The Grafton Press, 1909.; Hooker, Edward. The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker. Rochester, NY: Margaret Huntington Hooker, 1909.
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