Draft:John S. Hoffman

John S. Hoffmann (June 25, 1821 – November 18, 1877) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from January 1, 1873 until his retirement on June 1, 1876.

"It gives us much pain to announce this morning that Hon. John S. Hoffman, late one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals ot this State, died at his residence in Clarksburg Sunday morning. He was Colonel of the 31st regiment of Virginia infantry in the Confederate service during the war, and made a brilliant record for personal gallantry and good soldiership. In one of the battles near Richmond he received a wound which necessitated the amputation of his foot, and his system never fully rallied from the shock. After the war he returned to the practice of his profession in Clarksburg, and in 1872 he was elected, on the Democratic ticket, one of the four Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals. Owing to continued ill health, he resigned his seat upon the bench in June, 1876, since which time his illness gradually increased until it reached a fatal termination."

Hoffmann was a Democrat.