The Education of Henry Adams · Character
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar
U.S. Attorney General and Massachusetts judge.
minor
Also known as Judge Hoar, Hoar
First appearance: XVII: President Grant (1869)
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar shows up with force in XVII: President Grant (1869). The page is where that presence becomes real.
New Attorney-General; his son Sam Hoar is noted as a frivolous example; Hoar himself is seen as a potential friend.
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar first appears in 0019 xvii president grant 1869.
In XVII: President Grant (1869): New Attorney-General; his son Sam Hoar is noted as a frivolous example; Hoar himself is seen as a potential friend.
Later, in Free Fight (1869–1870): Attorney General who is implacable toward Adams and later driven from office by Senate quarrels.
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