1 0 , ▁ 1 8 7 5 ▁– ▁November ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 6 7 ) ▁was ▁a ▁United ▁States ▁Represent ative ▁from ▁Michigan ' s ▁ 4 th ▁con gression al ▁district . ▁ ▁Background ▁Hoff man ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁V icks burg , ▁Union ▁County , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁where ▁he ▁attended ▁the ▁public ▁schools . ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁the ▁law ▁department ▁of ▁North western ▁University ▁in ▁E van ston , ▁Illinois , ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 5 . ▁ ▁Career ▁Hoff man ▁was ▁admitted ▁to ▁the ▁Michigan ▁Bar ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁and ▁comm enced ▁practice ▁in ▁Al leg an , ▁Michigan , ▁where ▁he ▁also ▁became ▁pro sec uting ▁att orney ▁for ▁the ▁county ▁from ▁ 1 9 0 4 – 1 9 1 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 4 , ▁Hoff man ▁ran ▁as ▁the ▁Republican ▁candidate ▁for ▁Michigan ' s ▁ 4 th ▁con gression al ▁district , ▁defe ating ▁inc umb ent ▁Dem ocrat ▁George ▁Ernest ▁F oul kes . ▁Hoff man ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁Se vent y - four th ▁United ▁States ▁Congress ▁and ▁was ▁re - elect ed ▁to ▁the ▁th ir teen ▁succeed ing ▁Congress es , ▁serving ▁from ▁January ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁until ▁January ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 6 3 . ▁He ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁" a ▁bitter ▁l one ▁w olf " ▁during ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁time ▁in ▁office , ▁unable ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁either