George G. Hoskins
(December 24, 1824 — June 12, 1893) George Gilbert Hoskins was a businessman and politician. Hoskins was born in Bennington, New York in 1824. There he obtained an education and worked in the mercantile industry. Hoskins served the public in various capacities including as town clerk and justice of the peace, commissioner of public accounts, and collector of internal revenue. He also served in the State Assembly in 1860, 1865, and 1866. Hoskins was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000801]
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New York Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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