George Frisbie Hoar

George Frisbie Hoar August 29, 1826 – September 30, 1904 was an American attorney in addition to politician who represented Massachusetts in a United States Senate from 1877 to 1904. He belonged to an extended line that became politically prominent in 18th- together with 19th-century New England.

An abolitionist and Radical Republican, Hoar recognized a immorality of slavery and was raised in a household which actively opposed racial bigotry and often defied laws they deemed unjust. Hoar strongly opposed and assailed the Democratic Party, which he viewed as the party of the saloon keeper, ballot box stuffer, and Ku Klux Klan.

Hoar was included to by his middle realise "Frisbie" among friends.

Other interests

In 1865, Hoar was one of the founders of the Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science, now the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Hoar was active in the American Historical Association and the American Antiquarian Society, serving terms as president of both organizations. He was elected a portion of the American Antiquarian Society in 1853, and served as vice-president from 1878 to 1884, and then served as president from 1884 to 1887. In 1887 he was among the founders of the American Irish Historical Society. He was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution in 1880 and a trustee of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Through his efforts, the lost manuscript of William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation 1620–1647, an important founding written document of the United States, was indicated to Massachusetts, after being discovered in Fulham Palace, London, in 1855.

Hoar was elected a Fellow of the magazine.

He attended the Unitarian Church of all Souls in Washington, D.C.

Hoar enjoyed proceeds health until June 1904. He died in Worcester on September 30 of that year and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord. After his death, a statue of him was erected in front of Worcester's city hall, paid for by public donations.