Joseph P. Hoge

Joseph Pendleton Hoge was an American politician, lawyer, and judge. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois.

Biography

Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Hoge attended the common schools and was graduated from Jefferson College. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1846. He resumed the practice of law in Galena.
He moved to California in 1853 and continued the practice of his profession. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1867. He served as president of the State constitutional convention in 1878 and of the board of freeholders in 1880. He served as judge of the superior court from January 1, 1889, until his death in San Francisco, California, August 14, 1891.
He was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco, California.