S. Percy Hooker

Samuel Percy Hooker (December 5, 1860 – April 24, 1915) was an American politician from New York and New Hampshire.

S. Percy Hooker (1902)

Life

He was born on December 5, 1860 in Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin, the son of Samuel Lucius Hooker and Ellen Amanda (Kelley) Hooker. The family removed to Le Roy, New York, in 1866. He attended Le Roy Academic Institute, and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1879. Then he worked for a manufacturer of patent medicines. On April 19, 1882, he married Elizabeth Whalen, and they had one daughter. Later he also engaged in banking and farming.[1]

Hooker was a member of the New York State Assembly (Genesee Co.) in 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906; and of the New York State Senate (44th D.) in 1907 and 1908.[2]

On January 6, 1909, he was appointed by Gov. Charles Evans Hughes to a six-year term as Chairman of the New York State Highway Commission. The latter had been created by the Legislature in 1908, and consisted of three members.[3] On June 6, 1911, Hooker was legislated out of office when the Legislature created a State Superintendent of Highways to succeed the Highway Commission.[4][5] On March 1, 1912, Hooker took office as New Hampshire State Engineer of Highways.[6][7]

He died on April 24, 1915, in the New York Hospital in Manhattan.[8]

Sources

The New York Red Book by Edgar L. Murlin (1903; pg. 143f)
Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. 4; pp. 345, 347f., 350, 352, 366)
Hughes Pleases State Machine in the New York Times on January 7, 1909
Two Bills in to Aid Dis's Economy Plan in the New York Times on January 31, 1911
Pass Highway Bill after Bitter Fight in the New York Times on June 7, 1911
S. P. Hooker Appointed to Head New Hampshire Road Department in The Daily News of Batavia, on February 29, 1912
Oppose Federal Road Fund in the New York Times on December 10, 1913
S. Percy Hooker Dead in the New York Times on April 25, 1915

New York State Assembly
Preceded by John J. Ellis	New York State Assembly Genesee County 1902–1906	Succeeded by Fred B. Parker
New York State Senate
Preceded by William W. Armstrong	New York State Senate 44th District 1907–1908	Succeeded by George H. Witter

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[1] The New York Red Book by Edgar L. Murlin (1903; pg. 143f)

[2] Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. 4; pp. 345, 347f., 350, 352, 366)

[3] Hughes Pleases State Machine in the New York Times on January 7, 1909

[4] Two Bills in to Aid Dis's Economy Plan in the New York Times on January 31, 1911

[5] Pass Highway Bill after Bitter Fight in the New York Times on June 7, 1911

[6] S. P. Hooker Appointed to Head New Hampshire Road Department in The Daily News of Batavia, on February 29, 1912

[7] Oppose Federal Road Fund in the New York Times on December 10, 1913

[8] S. Percy Hooker Dead in the New York Times on April 25, 1915