Hoar Family Relations
Hoar's brother George Frisbie Hoar was influential U.S. Congressman and Senator for Massachusetts. His father Samuel Hoar was an influential lawyer and politician. Through his mother, Sarah Sherman, he was the grandson of American founding father Roger Sherman and Rebecca Minot Prescott. His children include Sherman Hoar (1860–1898) and Samuel Hoar (1845–1904).
- Hoar's first cousin Roger Sherman Baldwin was Governor of Connecticut and a US Senator.
- Another first cousin William Maxwell Evarts was US Secretary of State, US Attorney General immediately preceding Hoar, and a US Senator.
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