Life span: 10/25/1815 to 07/05/1878TabsLife SummaryFull name: Giles Waldo HotchkissPlace of Birth: Windsor, NYBurial Place: Binghampton, NYBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateFamily: Cyrus Hotchkiss (father), Sarah Andrews Hotchkiss (mother), Bessie Virginia Knapp (wife) Other Education: Oxford Academy (NY)Occupation: PoliticianAttorney or JudgeRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: RepublicanGovernment: US House of Representatives Events Major TopicsThirty-Eighth Congress of the United States Documents Images Giles Waldo Hotchkiss, circa 1864 Giles Waldo Hotchkiss, circa 1864, detail Bibliography