Hoadly

For a time he was also a trustee of the Univer-
sity of Cincinnati.

In youth Hoadly was a Democrat, but the
slavery issue and his association with Chase
drew him into the Republican party. Its recon-
struction policy alienated him, however, and he
shared in the Liberal-Republican movement. As
a delegate to the convention of 1872 he disap-
proved of the nomination of Greeley. He advo-
cated the reelection of Grant as a "choice of
evils/' but he disliked the tariff policy of the Re-
publicans, and in spite of his distaste for Green-
backism he presently rejoined the Democratic
party. At the request of the Democratic Com-
mittee he served as counsel for Tilden in the
presidential contest of 1877, presenting the claims
of the Florida and Oregon electors of his party
before the Electoral Commission. In 1880 he
was temporary chairman of the National Con-
vention.

In 1883, as Democratic candidate for gov-
ernor, he defeated Joseph B. Foraker. The state
constitution forbade the licensing of saloons but
granted to the legislature some regulatory pow-
ers concerning them, and the Republicans had
enacted a law taxing them. Hoadly, ill during
the campaign, made few speeches, but the Ger-
man Republicans, resenting the tax law, turned
the vote in his favor. Several events of his
term weakened his chances of reelection. The
state supreme court, with a Democratic majority,
held the tax law unconstitutional. The election
of Henry B. Payne to the United States Senate
gave rise to ugly rumors of corruption. Riots in
Cincinnati and disturbances in the Hocking Val-
ley mining districts required the use of militia,
which the Governor employed so reluctantly that
his course seemed hesitant to some. In the cam-
paign of 1885 Foraker emphasized the necessity
of regulating the liquor traffic and charged the
Democrats with sacrificing the large revenue
which the tax on saloons had yielded. Hoadly
contended that no valid tax act could be passed
under the existing constitution and appealed for
the support of the liberal element. The contest
resulted in Foraker's election.

In 1884 Hoadly had been mentioned as a can-
didate for the presidency. Disgusted by his de-
feat in 1885, he withdrew from politics and re-
sumed the practice of law. Cleveland, his inti-
mate friend, in vain offered him a cabinet posi-
tion during his second term. Despite a winning
personality and convincing ability as a speaker,
he was never a skilful politician. He was in his
element as a lawyer. In 1887 he left the firm of
Hoadly, Johnson & Colston, where his place
was taken by Judson Harmon [#.#.], and re-

Hoag
moved to New York City. There he established
the firm of Hoadly, Lauterbach & Johnson. They
became leading corporation lawyers, appearing
as counsel in outstanding litigations. Hoadly
personally was the legal representative of the
Jefferson Davis estate, and of Mrs. Davis in her
suit against the Bedford Publishing Company.
Hoadly was a Scottish Rite Mason. His re-
ligious views were not well defined, but he seems
to have leaned towards Unitarianism. His char-
acter is illustrated by his voluntary payment of
$50,000 when a man whose bondsman he was
defaulted. Pale and slender in youth, he was
throughout his life wiry rather than rugged.
The summer of 1902 he spent at Watkins, N. Y.
The season was unusually cold, and he developed
acute bronchitis, from which he died
[Hoadly's name is sometimes incorrectly spelled with
an "e" in the last syllable. The most careful biograph-
ical sketch is that in C. T. Greve, Centennial Hist, of
Cincinnati (1904), II, 17-26. See also F. B. Trow-
bridge, The Hoadley Geneal. (1894); B. W. Dwight,
The Hist, of the Descendants of John Dwight (2 vols.,
1874); Henry Howe, Hist. Colls, of Ohio (ed. 1908),
vol. I, p. 839; C. B. Galbreath, Hist, of Ohio (1925),
vol. II; E. 0, Randall and D. J. Ryan, Hist, of Ohio,
vol. IV (1912); J. B. Foraker, Notes of a Btisy Life
(1916), vol. I; the Green Bag, Dec. 1907; AT. Y. Times
and Cincinnati Enquirer, Aug. 27, 1902.] H.C.H.
HOAG, JOSEPH (Apr. 22, i762-Nov. 21,
1846), Quaker preacher, was born in Oblong,
Dutchess County, N. Y., the son of Elijah and
Phebe Hoag, of excellent English stock. He was
the fifth in descent from John Hoag who settled
in Hampton, N. H. The family had for some
generations been affiliated with the Society of
Friends and Joseph was thus a birthright Quak-
er. He was a delicate, sickly boy, shy and pecul-
iar in his ways, and was in early youth subject
to vivid dreams and waking visions. He expe-
rienced before he was ten years old one striking
night-vision which he always believed was later
verified in a series of detailed events. He often
found himself throughout his youth dropping
into a mild trance, what he called a "muse," and
he was obviously psychically disposed to unusual,
if not abnormal, experiences. This tendency to
have visions and foresights of coming events
characterized his entire life and gave him the
reputation of being a seer. He finally became
confirmed and established in faith and was rec-
ognized as a minister of the Society of Friends,
In 1782 he married Huldah Case, wha also was
a recognized Quaker preacher. A few years after
their marriage he moved with his family to
Charlotte, Vt, then a frontier settlement, and
soon he became one of the most noted itinerant
Quaker preachers in America. At first his trav-
els were mainly in New England but in time he