George Gilbert Hoskins

George Gilbert Hoskins


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877
30th congressional district (1873–1875)

31st congressional district (1875–1877)

Preceded by	William Williams
Succeeded by	Charles B. Benedict
Lieutenant Governor of New York
In office January 1, 1880 – December 31, 1882
Governor	Alonzo B. Cornell
Preceded by	William Dorsheimer
Succeeded by	David B. Hill
Member of the New York State Assembly from the Wyoming district
In office January 1, 1865 – December 31, 1866
Preceded by	Byron Healy
Succeeded by	William Bristol
Member of the New York State Assembly from the Wyoming district
In office January 1, 1860 – December 31, 1860
Preceded by	Elias C. Holt
Succeeded by	John J. Doolittle

Personal details
Born	(1824-12-24)December 24, 1824 Bennington, New York, USA
Died	June 12, 1893(1893-06-12) (aged 68) Attica, New York, USA
Resting place	Forest Hill Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Lois A. Hollenbeck Hoskins
Profession	Merchant Politician

George Gilbert Hoskins (December 24, 1824 – June 12, 1893) was an American politician who served as the Lieutenant Governor of New York and United States Representative for the state of New York.

Early life

Hoskins was born in Bennington, Wyoming County, New York. Raised on a farm, he attended the common schools and an academy, and at the age of seventeen, he began teaching school. When he was twenty-two, he engaged successfully in mercantile pursuits.^[1]

Career

For a number of years he was town clerk of Bennington and justice of the peace, and was a member of the New York State Assembly (Wyoming Co.) in 1860, 1865 and 1866; Hoskins was Speaker in 1865.^[2] He was Postmaster of Bennington, NY, from 1849 to 1853 and from 1861 to 1866. In 1867, he moved to Attica, New York, where he was commissioner of public accounts from 1868 to 1870. On May 1, 1871, he was appointed as Collector of Internal Revenue for the 29th District of New York.^[3]

A Republican, Hoskins served as United States Representative from March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 for the 30th District of New York; and from March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 for the 31st District of New York. He was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1880 to 1882, elected at the New York state election, 1879.

Death

Hoskins died in Attica, New York on June 12, 1893 (age 68 years, 170 days). He is interred at the Forest Hill Cemetery in Attica, New York.

Family life

In 1846 Hoskins married Lois A. Hollenbeck.

References

↑ Barnes, William Horatio. The American Government ...: Biographies of members of the House of representatives of the Forty-third Congress. W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1874. pp. 141–142. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
↑ "George Gilbert Hoskins". 2002-2014 The Lincoln Institute. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
↑ Herringshaw, Thomas William. Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States; Illustrated with Three Thousand Vignette Portraits ... American Publishers' Association, 1914. p. 219. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

External links

United States Congress. "George Gilbert Hoskins (id: H000801)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Political Graveyard

Political offices
Preceded by Thomas G. Alvord	Speaker of the New York State Assembly 1865	Succeeded by Lyman Tremain
Preceded by William Dorsheimer	Lieutenant Governor of New York 1880–1882	Succeeded by David B. Hill
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by William Williams	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 30th congressional district 1873–1875	Succeeded by John M. Davy
Preceded by Lyman K. Bass	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 31st congressional district 1875–1877	Succeeded by Charles B. Benedict

Governors and Lieutenant Governors of New York
Governors	G. Clinton Jay G. Clinton Lewis Tompkins Tayler D. Clinton Yates D. Clinton Pitcher Van Buren Throop Marcy Seward Bouck Wright Young Fish Hunt Seymour Clark King Morgan Seymour Fenton Hoffman J. Adams Dix Tilden Robinson Cornell Cleveland Hill Flower Morton Black T. Roosevelt Odell Higgins Hughes White J. Alden Dix Sulzer Glynn Whitman Smith Miller Smith F. Roosevelt Lehman Poletti Dewey Harriman Rockefeller Wilson Carey M. Cuomo Pataki Spitzer Paterson A. Cuomo
Lieutenant Governors	Van Cortlandt S. Van Rensselaer J. Van Rensselaer Broome Tayler Clinton Tayler Swift Tayler Root Tallmadge Pitcher P. Livingston Dayan Throop Stebbins Oliver E. Livingston Tracy Bradish Dickinson Gardiner Lester Fish Patterson Church Raymond Selden Campbell Floyd-Jones Alvord Woodford Beach Robinson Dorsheimer Hoskins Hill McCarthy Jones Sheehan Saxton Woodruff Higgins Bruce Raines Chanler White Cobb Conway Glynn Wagner Schoeneck Walker Wood Lusk Lunn Lowman Corning Lehman Bray Poletti Hanley Wallace Hanley Moore Wicks Mahoney DeLuca Wilson Anderson Krupsak Cuomo DelBello Anderson Lundine McCaughey Donohue Paterson Bruno Skelos Smith Espada Ravitch Duffy Hochul
Italics indicate acting officeholders

Speakers of the New York State Assembly

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