# Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar — The Education of Henry Adams character guide

> Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar in The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Judge Hoar, Hoar

**First appearance:** 0019-xvii-president-grant-1869

## Who they are

U.S. Attorney General and Massachusetts judge.

## In the story

### [XVII: President Grant (1869)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/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.

### [Free Fight (1869–1870)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xviii-free-fight-1869-1870)

Attorney General who is implacable toward Adams and later driven from office by Senate quarrels.

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