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Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood (1816–1895)| US judge and public official. Active in the antislavery movement, he coined the term ‘Conscience Whig’ for his wing of the party. He was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court 1859–69, and US attorney general 1869–70. In 1870 the Senate rejected his nomination for a US Supreme Court seat because his views offended some senators. He left public service after a single term in the House of Representatives 1873–75 (Republican, Massachusetts) and devoted his later years to Harvard alumni affairs. |
| Born in Concord, Massachusetts, he graduated from Harvard in 1835 and studied law with his father, Samuel Hoar, a prominent attorney. |
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