John Westbrook Hornbeck

John W. Hornbeck
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1847  January 16, 1848
Preceded by Jacob Erdman
Succeeded by Samuel Augustus Bridges
Personal details
Born (1804-01-24)January 24, 1804
Montague Township, New Jersey
Died January 16, 1848(1848-01-16) (aged 43)
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Political party Whig
Alma mater Union College

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.

Sources

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Jacob Erdman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district

1847–1848
Succeeded by
Samuel A. Bridges


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