John Westbrook Hornbeck

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American politician

Places

United States of America

was

Politician Lawyer

Work field

Law Politics

Gender

Male

Birth

24 January 1804 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Montague Township, New Jersey, Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Death

16 January 1848 People who died on this day

Place of death

Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Age

44 years

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Biography

John Westbrook Hornbeck (January 24, 1804 – January 16, 1848) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Westbrook Hornbeck was born in Montague Township, New Jersey. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1827. He studied law, was admitted to the bar of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in 1829 and commenced practice in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1830. He was commissioned deputy attorney general of the State of Pennsylvania for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in 1836 and served three years.

Hornbeck was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress and served until his death in Allentown in 1848. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business during the Thirtieth Congress. Interment in Allentown Cemetery.

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