Enos Hook
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Enos Hook was a Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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Enos Hook was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania
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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Waynesburg. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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 in 1837 and 1838.

Hook was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth
26th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:- Leadership :- Senate :*President: Richard M. Johnson *President pro tempore: William R. King - House of Representatives :*Speaker: Robert M.T. Hunter -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

 and Twenty-seventh
27th United States Congress
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 Congresses and served until April 18, 1841, when he resigned. He died in Waynesburg in 1841. Interment in Green Mount Cemetery.

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