Ogden Hoffman Jr.

Ogden Hoffman Jr. (October 16, 1822 – August 9, 1891) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of California, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Early life Hoffman was born in New York City on October 16, 1822. He received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1840 from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1842. He entered private practice in New York City in 1842, and from 1844 to 1850. From 1842 to 1844, he studied in Paris, where he acquired a working knowledge of French and several other languages.

Federal judicial service Reproduction of 1893 portrait on display at United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Hoffman was nominated by President Millard Fillmore on February 1, 1851, to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California authorized by 9 Stat. 521. He was interred at Mount Tamalpais Cemetery in San Rafael, California. He was the grandson of Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1766–1837), the New York Attorney General from 1795 to 1802.