Michael Hoffman (congressman)
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Michael Hoffman (October 11, 1787 - September 27, 1848) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Half Moon, New York, Hoffman completed academic studies. He studied medicine and law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Herkimer, New York where served as district attorney 1823-1825.
Hoffman was elected to the Nineteenth Congress. He was reelected to the Twentieth Congress and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1825-March 3, 1833). While in Congress, he served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs (Twentieth through Twenty-second Congresses). He also served as judge of Herkimer County 1830-1833.
After leaving Congress, Hoffman served as Canal commissioner of New York 1833-1835. He was also the Register of the land office at Saginaw, Michigan, in 1836. He returned to Herkimer, New York and served as member of the New York Assembly in 1841, 1842, and 1844. He served as delegate to the New York constitutional convention in 1846. He served as naval officer of New York City from May 3, 1845, until his death in Brooklyn, New York, September 27, 1848.
