James Hooker (July 12, 1792 – September 2, 1858) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Hooker was born in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, on July 12, 1792.
In February 1840, he was elected by the New York State Legislature one of the canal commissioners and was legislated out of office by the Act of May 6, 1844, which re-organized the Canal Commission.
[6] Together, they had two daughters, including:[7] Hooker died in 1858 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York.
[2] Through his daughter Catherine, he was the grandfather of James Hooker Hamersley (1844–1901),[12] Helen Reade Hamersley (1849–1911), who married Charles Dickinson Stickney (1858–1916), and Catherine Livingston Hamersley (1850–1873), who married John Henry Livingston (1848–1927).