Background
Hoffecker was born in Smyrna, Delaware.
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Walter Oakley Hoffecker
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Education
He graduated from Smyrna Seminary in 1872, and in September 1873, he entered Lehigh University at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where he studied civil engineering.
Career
Hoffecker was engaged in a variety of business ventures in the Smyrna area including farming, insurance, banking and canning. Hoffecker’s banking interest was the Fruit Growers Bank and Trust of Smyrna, of which he was President for thirty-two years. In a special election on November 6, 1900 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, United States. Representative John H. Hoffecker, Walter Hoffecker was elected to the United States. House of Representatives, defeating Democrat Edward Fowler.
He served in the Republican majority during the last session of the 56th Congress.
He did not seek reelection to a full term and served only from November 6, 1900 until March 4, 1901, during the administration of United States. President William McKinley. Several years later, in 1908, Hoffecker was a delegate to the Republican National Convention.
Hoffecker died at Smyrna and is buried there in the Glenwood Cemetery. His home Ivy Dale Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1.
United States. Representatives took office March 4 and have a two-year term. In this case, he was completing the existing term, the vacancy caused by the death of his father, John H. Hoffecker.
Membership
He was a member of the Republican Party and served as United States. Representative from Delaware. As a professional engineer with interest and expertise in transportation issues, he succeeded his father as President of the Philadelphia & Smyrna Transportation Company He was also a Director of the Delaware Railroad and a member of the original State highway commission in 1917.
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Political Party
Republican party