Charles E. Hogg

Charles E. Hogg

Charles Edgar Hogg (born December 21, 1852 in Point Pleasant , Virginia , †  June 14, 1935 there ) was an American politician . Between 1887 and 1889 he represented the fourth constituency of the State of West Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Hogg was born in 1852 on a farm near Point Pleasant, which was then still part of Virginia. West Virginia has been a part of that state since West Virginia was founded in 1863. Hogg attended Carleton College in Racine ( Ohio ) and then until 1869 the Oldham & Haw's Business College in Pomeroy , also in the state of Ohio. He then worked as a teacher and between 1870 and 1873 as an accountant. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1875, Hogg began his new profession in his native Point Pleasant. Between 1875 and 1879 he was also a school councilor in Mason County .

Politically, Hogg first became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1886 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington as their candidate in the fourth district of West Virginia . There he took over on March 4, 1887, succeeding Eustace Gibson , who was no longer nominated by the Democrats. But since Hogg also failed to nominate his party for a further term two years later, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1889 .

After his time in the House of Representatives ended, Hogg returned to work as a lawyer. In 1900 he switched to the Republican Party . Between 1906 and 1913 he was Dean of the Law School of West Virginia University in Morgantown . Hogg also wrote some legal treatises. He died on June 14, 1935 in his hometown of Point Pleasant. His son Robert (1893-1973) also represented the fourth electoral district of West Virginia in the US House of Representatives between 1930 and 1933.

Web links

• Charles E. Hogg in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles E. Hogg in the database of Find a Grave (English)