James Hoban Jr.

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'''James Hoban Jr.''' (1808 – January 19, 1846) was an American lawyer who served as [[United States Attorney for the District of Columbia]] in the 1840s.

==Early life== James Hoban Jr. was born to [[James Hoban]]. His father was an Irish-American architect who designed the [[White House]]. Hoban was noted as looking very similar to his father.<ref name="hoban">{{Cite web |url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/construction-of-the-white-house/james-hoban-architect-of-the-white-house/civic-contributions-and-family |title=James Hoban, Architect of the White House: Civic Contributions and Family |website=White House Historical Association |access-date=2023-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204222151/https://www.whitehousehistory.org/construction-of-the-white-house/james-hoban-architect-of-the-white-house/civic-contributions-and-family |archive-date=2023-02-04 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/slavelaborincapi0000arne/page/102/mode/2up |title=Slave Labor in the Capital: Building Washington's Iconic Federal Landmarks |last=Amebeck |first=Bob |year=2014 |page=103 |via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref>

==Career== [[File:Michael Shiner 1836 Petition for Freedom.jpg|thumb|left|1836 freedom petition signed by Hoban for [[Michael Shiner]]]] As a lawyer, Hoban helped a Washington, D.C., slave [[Michael Shiner]] obtain his freedom in a 1836 freedom petition.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/chocolatecityhis0000asch/page/60/mode/2up |title=Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital |pages=60–61 |last=Asch |first=Chris Myers |via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://earlywashingtondc.org/cases/oscys.caseid.0177 |title=Michael Shinor v. Ann Howard & William E. Howard |website=earlywashingtondc.org |access-date=2023-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608092701/https://earlywashingtondc.org/cases/oscys.caseid.0177 |archive-date=2023-06-08 |url-status=live}}</ref> At the time of his death, Hoban was serving as the [[United States Attorney for the District of Columbia]].<ref name="hoban"/>

==Personal life== [[File:PORTRAIT OF A LADY BELIEVED TO BE MARION FRENCH.jpg|thumb|left|Purported portrait of Marion Blackwell French by [[Thomas Sully]]]] Hoban married Marion Blackwell French (1813–1890) on November 22, 1831, in Washington, D.C. They had six children, Helen, Anna, Marion, James, Frederick and Lawrence.<ref>District of Columbia, Marriage Records,1810-1953</ref><ref name="research">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_american-catholic-historical-researches_1907-04_3_2/page/158/mode/2up |title=The American Catholic Historical Researches, Volume 3, Issue 2 |editor=Martin I. J. Griffin |year=1907 |page=158 |via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref>

Hoban died on January 19, 1846.<ref name="research"/>

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