After the war , Hooker went back to being a traveling salesman , this time for wholesale grocers Carr , Chase & Raymond . He later became a junior partner with the banker-brokers William A. Belden & Company and was a successful businessman in New York for several years . In 1876 , Hooker moved to Brattleboro , Vermont , where he became interested in politics . In 1878 , Hooker was named as Governor Redfield Proctor 's chief of staff , carrying the rank of colonel . Hooker was elected in 1879 and 1880 as department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic in Vermont , and received a third nomination to be re-elected , which he declined . In 1880 , he was part of the national Republican convention in Chicago as a delegate-at-large and also became a member of the national Republican committee . In 1881 , Hooker was named as the sergeant at arms for the United States House of Representatives
national Republican convention in Chicago
1880 Republican National Convention
George W. Hooker