About John Westbrook Hornbeck
Lived 1804 – 1848 (aged 43). John Westbrook Hornbeck was an American politician and lawyer.
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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American politician (1804-1848)
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John Westbrook Hornbeck was born on 24 January 1804 in Montague.
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John Westbrook Hornbeck died on 16 January 1848 in Allentown.
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John Westbrook Hornbeck was a politician and lawyer.
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