Family
Sherman Hoar came from a line of distinguished Massachusetts and New England politicians, lawyers and esteemed public servants. He was
- the great-grandson of Roger Sherman, a signer of both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence;
- the grandson of Congressman Samuel Hoar;
- the son of U.S. Attorney General, Congressman and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar;
- a nephew of U.S. Senator George Frisbie Hoar; and
- cousin to Massachusetts Congressman Rockwood Hoar.
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