Elected as a Federalist to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses,[1] Hough served as United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807). Subsequently, he engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Deathedit
Hough died in Lebanon, New Hampshire, April 18, 1831 (aged 78 years). He is interred at Cole Cemetery, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Family lifeedit
Son of David and Desire, Hough married Abigail Huntington on July 2, 1775, and they had a daughter, Lucinda, who married Jacob Ela.[2] They also had Philera, Nancy, Charlotte, Nabba, Lydia, David, John, John 2nd, and Lydia 2nd.[3]
Referencesedit
^Capace, Nancy (January 2000). Encyclopedia of New Hampshire Encyclopedia of the United States. North American Book Dist LLC, 2001. p. 394. ISBN9780403096015. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
^Metcalf, McClintock, Hammond, Henry Harrison, John Norris, Otis Grant (1899). The Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, Volume 27. H. H. Metcalf, 1899. p. 305. Retrieved September 16, 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^"David Hough (New Hampshire)". 1997–2014 Ancestry.com. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
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