Harrison Carroll Hobart

Harrison Carroll Hobart
Harrison Carroll Hobart
2nd Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly
	In office; January 10, 1849 – January 7, 1850
Preceded by	Ninian E. Whiteside
Succeeded by	Moses M. Strong
Member of the Wisconsin Senate; from the 1st district
	In office; June 5, 1848 – January 1, 1849
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Lemuel Goodell
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
	In office; January 7, 1867 – January 6, 1868
Preceded by	William Pitt Lynde
Succeeded by	George Abert
Constituency	Milwaukee 2nd district
	In office; January 3, 1859 – January 2, 1860
Preceded by	James Robinson
Succeeded by	Asaph Green
Constituency	Calumet district
	In office; January 1, 1849 – January 7, 1850
Preceded by	Charles E. Morris
Succeeded by	Horatio N. Smith
Constituency	Sheboygan 1st district
Member of the House of Representatives of the Wisconsin Territory for Sheboygan and Washington counties
	In office; January 4, 1847 – October 18, 1847
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Benjamin H. Mooers
Personal details
Born	January 31, 1815; Ashburnham, Massachusetts
Died	January 26, 1902 (aged 86); Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Resting place	Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Frances Imogen Lowery (m. 1854; died 1855); Anna Clarence Litch (Mower) (m. 1857; died 1896);
Alma mater	Dartmouth College
Profession	lawyer, politician
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Volunteers; Union Army
Years of service	1861–1865
Rank	Colonel, USV; Brevet Brig. General, USV;
Unit	4th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry
Commands	21st Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry; 1st Bde., 1st Div., XIV Corps;
Battles/wars	American Civil War Lower Seaboard Theater Capture of New Orleans; Battle of Baton Rouge (1862); ; Stones River Campaign Battle of Stones River; ; Tullahoma Campaign Battle of Hoover's Gap; ; Chickamauga Campaign Battle of Chickamauga; ; Atlanta Campaign Battle of Rocky Face Ridge; Battle of Resaca; Battle of Dallas; Battle of Kennesaw Mountain; Battle of Peachtree Creek; Battle of Jonesborough; ; Savannah Campaign; Campaign of the Carolinas Battle of Averasborough; Battle of Bentonville; ;

Harrison Carroll Hobart (January 31, 1815 – January 26, 1902) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Union Army officer during the American Civil War. He was the 2nd speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and served in the 1st Wisconsin Legislature as a member of the Wisconsin Senate. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in 1859 and 1865.

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