Giles Waldo Hotchkiss was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from New York

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 during the American Civil War

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Biography

Born in Windsor, New York

Windsor, New York

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, Hotchkiss attended the common schools, Windsor Academy

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, and Oxford Academy

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He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1837 and began practice in Binghamton, New York

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He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860.

Hotchkiss was elected as a Republican

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 to the Thirty-eighth

38th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:Before this Congress, the 1860 United States Census and resulting reapportionment changed the size of the House to 241 members...

 and Thirty-ninth

39th United States Congress

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 Congresses (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1867).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1866.

Hotchkiss was elected to the Forty-first

41st United States Congress

-House of Representatives:- Senate :* President : Schuyler Colfax* President pro tempore: Henry B. Anthony - House of Representatives :* Speaker: James G. Blaine -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871).
He was not a candidate for renomination.
He resumed the practice of law in Binghamton, where he died July 5, 1878.
He was interred in Spring Forest Cemetery.

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