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Samuel Percy Hooker (December 5, 1860 – April 24, 1915) was an American politician from New York and New Hampshire. ==Life== He was born on December 5, 1860 in Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin, the son of Samuel Lucius Hooker and Ellen Amanda (Kelley) Hooker. The family removed to Le Roy, New York, in 1866. He attended Le Roy Academic Institute, and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1879. Then he worked for a manufacturer of patent medicines. On April 19, 1882, he married Elizabeth Whalen, and they had one daughter. Later he also engaged in banking and farming.〔(''The New York Red Book'' ) by Edgar L. Murlin (1903; pg. 143f)〕 Hooker was a member of the New York State Assembly (Genesee Co.) in 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906; and of the New York State Senate (44th D.) in 1907 and 1908.〔(''Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes'' ) by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 345, 347f, 350, 352 and 366)〕 On January 6, 1909, he was appointed by Gov. Charles Evans Hughes to a six-year term as Chairman of the New York State Highway Commission. The latter had been created by the Legislature in 1908, and consisted of three members.〔(''HUGHES PLEASES STATE MACHINE'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on January 7, 1909〕 On June 6, 1911, Hooker was legislated out of office when the Legislature created a State Superintendent of Highways to succeed the Highway Commission.〔(''TWO BILLS IN TO AID DIX'S ECONOMY PLAN'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on January 31, 1911〕〔(''PASS HIGHWAY BILL AFTER BITTER FIGHT'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on June 7, 1911〕 On March 1, 1912, Hooker took office as New Hampshire State Engineer of Highways.〔(''S. P. HOOKER APPOINTED TO HEAD NEW HAMPSHIRE ROAD DEPARTMENT'' ) in ''The Daily News'' of Batavia, on February 29, 1912〕〔(''OPPOSE FEDERAL ROAD FUND'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on December 10, 1913〕 He died on April 24, 1915, in the New York Hospital in Manhattan.〔(''S. PERCY HOOKER DEAD'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on April 25, 1915〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「S. Percy Hooker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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