Josiah Ogden Hoffman (April 14, 1766 Newark, Essex County, New Jersey - January 24, 1837 New York City) was an American lawyer and politician.
He was the son of Nicholas Hoffman (1736–1800) and Sarah Ogden Hoffman (1742–1821). He was a Federalist member from New York County of the New York State Assembly in 1790-91. He was New York State Attorney General from 1795 to 1802. In 1828, he became one of the original justices (with Samuel Jones and Thomas J. Oakley) of the then established New York City Superior Court.
He married Mary Colden, and their son was Ogden Hoffman (1794–1856, NY Attorney General 1854-1855). On August 7, 1802, he married his second wife, Maria Fenno (1781–1823, daughter of John Fenno), their son was Charles Fenno Hoffman (1806–1884).
Washington Irving studied law at Hoffman's law office and became engaged to his daughter Matilda Hoffman (1791–1809) who died before the marriage could take place.
Gulian C. Verplanck studied law at Hoffman's office and married Mary Eliza Fenno (d. 1817), the sister of Hoffman's second wife.
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| Preceded by Nathaniel Lawrence |
New York State Attorney General 1795 - 1802 |
Succeeded by Ambrose Spencer |
| Preceded by Pierre C. Van Wyck |
Recorder of New York City 1810 - 1811 |
Succeeded by Pierre C. Van Wyck |
| Preceded by Pierre C. Van Wyck |
Recorder of New York City 1813 - 1815 |
Succeeded by Richard Riker |
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