Daniel K. Hoch | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 13th district |
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In office January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
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Preceded by | Ivor D. Fenton |
Succeeded by | Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th district |
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In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
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Preceded by | Guy L. Moser |
Succeeded by | Wilson D. Gillette |
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
In office 1899–1901 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Reading, Pennsylvania |
January 31, 1866
Died | October 11, 1960 Reading, Pennsylvania |
(aged 94)
Political party | Democratic |
Daniel Knabb Hoch (January 31, 1866 – October 11, 1960) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Daniel Hoch was born on a farm near Reading, PA. He served a printing apprenticeship on a Reading newspaper and worked in various departments of the newspaper. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1899 to 1901, and a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908. He was controller of Berks County, PA from 1912 to 1916, and a trustee of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church since 1937. He was elected as a Democrat to the 78th and 79th Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946.