Harold G. Hoffman

Harold Giles Hoffman was an American politician, a Republican who served as the 41st Governor of New Jersey, from 1935 to 1938. He also served two terms representing New Jerseys 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, from 1927 to 1931.

Hoffman was born in South Amboy, New Jersey to Frank Hoffman and Ada Crawford Thom. Ada was the daughter of the painter James Crawford Thom and the granddaughter of Scottish sculptor James Thom. Hoffman also had two ancestors who were soldiers in the American Revolutionary War. His fathers side of the family were among some of the early settlers in New Amsterdam, now known as New York City, but originated in Sweden Hoffmans fathers family were the descendents of Dutch nobility.

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