Clare Hoffman

Clare Eugene Hoffman (September 10, 1875 – November 3, 1967) was a United States Representative from Michigan.

Hoffman was born in Vicksburg, Union County, Pennsylvania where he attended the public schools. He graduated from the law department of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois in 1895. He was admitted to the Michigan bar in 1896 and commenced practice in Allegan, Michigan where he also became prosecuting attorney for the county from 1904-1910.

In 1934, Hoffman ran as the Republican candidate for Michigan's 4th congressional district, defeating incumbent Democrat George Ernest Foulkes. Hoffman was elected to the Seventy-fourth and was re-elected to the thirteen succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1935 until January 3, 1963.

He was chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments (Eightieth Congress) and the Committee on Government Operations (Eighty-third Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress.

He retired to his home in Allegan, Michigan where he died aged 92; he was interred at Oakwood Cemetery in Allegan.

[edit] Bibliography

Walker, Donald Edwin. “The Congressional Career of Clare E. Hoffman, 1935-63.” Ph.D. diss., Michigan State University, 1982.

Preceded by George E. Foulkes	United States Representative for the 4th Congressional District of Michigan 1935 – 1963	Succeeded by Edward Hutchinson