History of Union, (Newberry County) South Carolina United States of America

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Charles Edward Hooker, representative, was born at Union, S.C., in 1825; son of Zadock and Emelia (Allen) Hooker; grandson of Edward Hooker, and of Charles and Susan Allen, and a descendant of Edward Hooker, a native of England, who settled in Hagerstown, Md., and afterward removed to South Carolina. Charles Allen was a soldier in the American army during the Revolution. Charles Edward Hooker was graduated at Harvard, LL.B., in 1846, and practised at Jackson, Miss. He was district attorney in 1856, and a representative in the Mississippi legislature, 1860, from which he resigned in 1861 to enter the Confederate army. He was wounded in the defence of Vicksburg, losing his left arm, was promoted colonel of cavalry and assigned to duty on the military court attached to General Polk's command. He was elected attorney-general of the state in 1865, and re-elected in 1868, but in common with other civil officers was not allowed to serve by decree of the military government. He was one of the three lawyers appointed by the state of Mississippi to defend Jefferson Davis, indicted in the U.S. court for treason, and visited Charles O'Conor in New York to prepare for the trial. He was a representative in the 44th-48th congresses, 1875-83; in the 50th-53d congresses, 1887-95, and was elected to the 57th congress, 1901-03. He is the author of: Confederate Military History of Mississippi (1900).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Union, (Newberry County) South Carolina

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