Daniel K. Hoch

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Daniel Knabb Hoch(January 31, 1866–October 11, 1960) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Daniel Hoch was born on a farm near Reading, PA. He served a printing apprenticeship on a Reading newspaper and worked in various departments of the newspaper. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1899 to 1901, and a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908. He was controller of Berks County, PA from 1912 to 1916, and a trustee of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church since 1937. He was elected as a Democrat to the 78th and 79th Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946.

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• Daniel K. Hoch at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Guy L. Moser	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1943-1945	Succeeded by Wilson D. Gillette
Preceded by Ivor D. Fenton	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district 1945-1947	Succeeded by Frederick A. Muhlenberg