{{Short description|American politician (1787–1858)}} {{No footnotes|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Aaron Hobart | image = | office1 = Member of the<br>[[U.S. House of Representatives]]<br> from [[Massachusetts]] | term_start1 = November 24, 1820 | term_end1 = March 3, 1827 | predecessor1 = [[Zabdiel Sampson]] | successor1 = [[Joseph Richardson (U.S. politician)|Joseph Richardson]] | constituency1 = [[Massachusetts's 8th congressional district|8th district]] (1820–23)<br>[[Massachusetts's 11th congressional district|11th district]] (1823–27) | office2 = Member of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] | term2 = 1819 | office3 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term3 = 1814 | birth_date = {{birth date|1787|6|26}} | birth_place = [[Abington, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1858|9|19|1787|6|26}} | death_place = [[East Bridgewater, Massachusetts]], US | resting_place = | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = [[Brown University]] | profession = Lawyer | party = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]<br>[[National Republican Party|National Republican]] }}
'''Aaron Hobart''' (June 26, 1787 – September 19, 1858) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]. Born in [[Abington, Massachusetts]], Hobart pursued classical studies and graduated from [[Brown University]] in 1805. He studied law, was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] and commenced practice in [[Abington, Massachusetts|Abington]]. He served as member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] and served in the [[Massachusetts State Senate]].
Hobart was elected as a [[Democratic-Republican]] to the [[16th United States Congress|Sixteenth Congress]] to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of [[Zabdiel Sampson]]. He was reelected as a Democratic-Republican to the [[17th United States Congress|Seventeenth Congress]], elected as an [[National Republican Party (United States)|Adams-Clay Republican]] to the [[18th United States Congress|Eighteenth Congress]], and reelected as an [[National Republican Party (United States)|Adams candidate]] to the [[19th United States Congress|Nineteenth Congress]], and served from November 24, 1820, to March 3, 1827.
Hobart declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1826. He then served as an Executive councilor 1827-1831 and served as [[probate]] judge 1843-1858. He unsuccessfully ran as the Democratic Party nominee in the third vote of the [[1853–54 Boston mayoral election]].
Hobart died in [[East Bridgewater, Massachusetts]], September 19, 1858, and was interred in Central Cemetery.
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