Honorable Solomon Lafayette Hoge

1836 - 1909  (72 years)

• Name	Solomon Lafayette Hoge  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Honorable
  Alt. Birth	1835	Kenton, Hardin, Ohio   [2]
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1836	Ohio   [4]
  Born	11 Jul 1836	Pickrelltown, Logan, Ohio   [5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Northwood College, Northwood, Ohio   [5]
  	now Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
  Education	Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio   [5]
  	public shools
  Education	16 Aug 1850	Monroe Township, Logan County, Ohio   [4]
  Education	1859  [5]
  	Cincinnati Law School where he received a classical education and graduated
  Occupation	1859	Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio   [5]
  	admitted to the bar and commenced practice
  Occupation	5 Jun 1860	Jefferson, Logan County, Ohio   [7]
  	attorney
  		Census of 1860 - Ohio, Logan County Jefferson Township, Zanesfield Post Office, page 17
  Military Service	1861  [5]
  	entered the Union Army as first Lieutenant in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry
  Military Service	1868	Columbia, Richland, South Carolina   [5]
  	promoted to captain and moved to
  Name	S. L. Hoge  [7]
  Name	Solomon Hoge  [4, 5, 8]
  Name	Solomon L. Hoge  [3, 9, 10, 11]
  Occupation	1868-1870  [3, 5]
  	associate justice of the State Supreme Court
  	Warne Genealogy "It was during his residence in South Carolina that the notorious Ku Klux outrages occurred, and many prominent southerners connected with that organization owe the preservation of their lives to the able and untiring efforts of Judge Hoge, whom they had employed to defend them."
  Occupation	8 Apr 1869-3 Mar 1871	South Carolina   [5, 8]
  	a Congressman
  	successfully contested as a Republican the election of J.P Reed to the Forty-first Congress
  Occupation	1874-1875	South Carolina   [3, 5]
  	Comptroller General
  	Warne Genealogy states he was Comptroller from 1872-1874.
  Occupation	1876  [5]
  	was not a candidate for renomination
  Occupation	4 Mar 1875-3 Mar 1877  [5]
  	the Fourty-fourth congress
  Residence	Sep 1877	Kenton, Hardin, Ohio   [5]
  Occupation	1882  [5]
  	attorney
  Occupation	Aft 1885	Kenton, Hardin, Ohio   [3, 5]
  	president of the First National Bank
  Residence	South Carolina   [5, 8]
  Died	23 Feb 1909	Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan   [5]
  Buried	Grove Cemetery, Kenton, , Ohio   [5]
  Person ID	I6305	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Solomon Gore Hoge,   b. 29 Mar 1812, Virginia ,   d. 1892, Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Julia Ann Janney,   b. Abt 1816, Virginia ,   d. 1884, Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Family ID	F4768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Matilda Runkle,   b. 14 Nov 1837, Kenton, Hardin, Ohio ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1860  [3]
  Census	1880	Kenton, Hardin, Ohio   [12]
  	Dwelling 96, Family 104
  Census	1900	Kenton, Hardin, Ohio   [6]
  	Ward 2, Sheet 5
  	Dwelling 116, family 123. In the household were Solomon, his wife Mary M, his daughter Mary Francis, and a 19-year-old black servant Jessie Stewart.
  Children	1. Frances R. Hoge,   b. 14 Apr 1861, Kenton, Hardin, Ohio ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Geraldine Virginia Hoge,   b. Feb 1866,   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Hamilton L. Hoge,   b. Abt 1868, South Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	10 May 2011
  Family ID	F18991	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Hoge → Solomon Library of Congress

  
  

• Notes

  Solomon Lafayette Hoge ( July 11  ,  1836   –  February 23  ,  1909  ) was a lawyer, soldier, judge, and politician in  Ohio   and  South Carolina  . Hoge was born in  Pickrelltown, Ohio   and he received his early childhood education at the public schools in  Bellefontaine, Ohio  . Afterwards, he received a classical education at  Northwood College   in  Northwood, Ohio   and he graduated from Cincinnati Law School in 1859. Hoge was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in Bellefontaine. Upon the outbreak of the  Civil War   in 1861, Hoge enrolled in the  Union Army   as a  First Lieutenant   in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to  captain   and became the commander of a Federal  company   of  infantry  . After the war, Hoge settled in  Columbia, South Carolina   and despite possessing little legal experience was elected in 1868 as an associate justice to the  South Carolina Supreme Court  . While on the bench, Hoge never wrote a single opinion and "I concur" was the extent of his legal analysis. He was aware of his incapacity as a judge and he only served eighteen months on the bench before moving on to the  House of Representatives  . Hoge won a seat as a  Republican   to represent the  3rd congressional district   after he successfully challenged the election of  Democrat   J.P. Reed to the  Forty-first Congress  . Since the Republicans controlled  Congress  , the two Democrats elected from South Carolina were unseated and Hoge filled the seat on April 8, 1869 and served the remainder of the term until March 3, 1871. Running on the Republican ticket with  Franklin J. Moses, Jr.   for  governor   in  1872, Hoge won the race for comptroller general against the  Independent Republican   candidate J. Scott Murray of  Anderson  . In 1874, Hoge waged another run for Congress to represent the 3rd district and he defeated  Samuel McGowan  , a  Conservative Party   candidate, to win the seat. Upon the completion of his term in 1877,  South Carolina Republicans   were in a state of disarray following  Wade Hampton's   victory in the  1876 gubernatorial election. Most white  carpetbaggers   left the state and Hoge was no different. He moved to  Kenton, Ohio   and practiced law there until 1882 when he became president of the First National Bank of Kenton. Hoge died in  Battle Creek, Michigan   and was interned at Grove Cemetery in Kenton. answers.com

  
  

• Reference

  If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "Honorable Solomon Lafayette Hoge" (accessed April 25, 2024) | https://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I6305&tree=Legends.