Warren B. Hooker
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Warren Brewster Hooker (November 24, 1856 - March 5, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Perrysburg, New York, Hooker attended the public schools and Forestville Free Academy, Forestville, New York. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Forestville. He served as special surrogate of Chautauqua County 1878-1881. He moved to Tacoma, Washington, and practiced there 1882-1884. He returned to Fredonia, Pomfret Township, New York, and resumed his profession 1884-1898. Supervisor of the town of Pomfret in 1889 and 1890.
Hooker was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1891, until his resignation on November 10, 1898, before the close of the Fifty-fifth Congress, having been appointed a justice of the supreme court of New York on that date. He served as chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors (Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses).
Hooker was elected to that office in 1899 for the term ending 1913. He served as member of the appellate division 1902-1909. He resumed the practice of law in Fredonia, New York, in 1914. He was appointed official referee of the State supreme court in 1919. He died in Fredonia, New York, March 5, 1920. He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery.
