Michael J. Hogan

Michael J. Hogan

Michael Joseph Hogan (born April 22, 1871 in New York City , † May 7, 1940 in Rockville Center , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1923 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Michael Joseph Hogan was born in New York City about six years after the Civil War ended . He attended both parochial schools and public schools. Between 1889 and 1898 he served in the 13th  Regiment of the New York National Guard . Last year he came to the Spanish-American War . He served on the Board of Aldermen in New York City from 1914 to 1920 . He decided against a re-nomination. At that time the First World War was raging . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the 1920 congressional elections for the 67th Congress , Hogan was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of New York , where he succeeded James P. Maher on March 4, 1921 . In 1922 he was defeated in his re-election bid and was eliminated from the after March 3, 1923 Congress of.

Hogan attended the Republican State Conventions as a delegate in 1914, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, and 1926 . He managed transportation companies in New York City. In 1935 he was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for bribery. The incident happened while he was still a clerk for the Collector of the Port . He died on May 7, 1940 in Rockville Center and was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn .

Web links

• Michael J. Hogan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Michael J. Hogan in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Hogan Convicted of Taking Bribes," The New York Times, October 16, 1935
2. ↑ "Hogan Stand on recants Denial" , The New York Times, October 15, 1935
3. ^ "Hogan Bribe Trial Opens," The New York Times, October 10, 1935
4. ^ "Hogan Denies Bribery," The New York Times, October 12, 1935