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Southard-Hoffman family of New York and New Jersey

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  Henry Southard (1747-1842) — of Basking Ridge, Somerset County, N.J. Born in Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., October 7, 1747. Democrat. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1792-99, 1811; U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1801-11, 1815-21 (3rd District 1801-03, at-large 1803-05, 6th District 1805-07, at-large 1807-09, 5th District 1809-11, 2nd District 1815-21). Slaveowner. Died in Basking Ridge, Somerset County, N.J., May 22, 1842 (age 94 years, 227 days). Interment at Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, N.J.
  Relatives: Father of Isaac Southard and Samuel Lewis Southard.
  Political family: Southard-Hoffman family of New York and New Jersey.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1766-1837) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., April 14, 1766. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1790-95, 1796-97, 1812-13; New York state attorney general, 1795-1802; appointed 1795; New York City superior court judge, 1828-37; died in office 1837. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., January 24, 1837 (age 70 years, 285 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Nicholas Hoffman and Sarah (Ogden) Hoffman; married to Mary Colden; married, August 7, 1802, to Maria Fenno; father of Ogden Hoffman.
  Political family: Southard-Hoffman family of New York and New Jersey.
  See also Wikipedia article — Historical Society of the New York Courts
  Isaac Southard (1783-1850) — of Somerville, Somerset County, N.J. Born in Basking Ridge, Somerset County, N.J., August 30, 1783. U.S. Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1831-33. Slaveowner. Died in Somerville, Somerset County, N.J., September 18, 1850 (age 67 years, 19 days). Interment at Old Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Southard; brother of Samuel Lewis Southard.
  Political family: Southard-Hoffman family of New York and New Jersey.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Samuel Lewis Southard (1787-1842) — also known as Samuel L. Southard — of Hunterdon County, N.J.; Trenton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Basking Ridge, Somerset County, N.J., June 9, 1787. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1815; resigned 1815; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1815-20; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1821-23, 1833-42; died in office 1842; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1823-29; New Jersey state attorney general, 1829-33; Governor of New Jersey, 1832-33; chancellor of New Jersey court of chancery, 1832-33. Slaveowner. Died in Fredericksburg, Va., June 26, 1842 (age 55 years, 17 days). Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Southard; brother of Isaac Southard; father of Virginia E. Southard (who married Ogden Hoffman).
  Political family: Southard-Hoffman family of New York and New Jersey.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Ogden Hoffman (1793-1856) — also known as Josiah Ogden Hoffman — of Goshen, Orange County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 3, 1793. Whig. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1826, 1828 (Orange County 1826, New York County 1828); U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1837-41; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1841-45; New York state attorney general, 1854-55. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 1, 1856 (age 62 years, 364 days). Entombed at St. Mark's-in-the-Bowery Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Josiah Ogden Hoffman and Mary (Colden) Hoffman; married, December 27, 1819, to Emily Burrall; married 1838 to Virginia E. Southard (daughter of Samuel Lewis Southard); father of Charles Fenno Hoffman and Ogden Hoffman Jr..
  Political family: Southard-Hoffman family of New York and New Jersey.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ogden Hoffman Jr. (1822-1891) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; San Francisco, Calif. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 16, 1822. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California, 1851-66, 1886-91; died in office 1891; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1852-54; U.S. District Judge for California, 1866-86. Died in San Francisco, Calif., August 9, 1891 (age 68 years, 297 days). Interment at Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Ogden Hoffman.
  Political family: Southard-Hoffman family of New York and New Jersey.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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