Earl Hogan

Earl Hogan

Earl Lee Hogan (born March 13, 1920 in Hope , Bartholomew County , Indiana , †  June 3, 2007 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1959 and 1961 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Earl Hogan attended Burney public schools . He then studied at Indiana University and the University of Kentucky . During the Second World War he was a bomber pilot in the aviation department of the US Army . For his military achievements he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross , the Purple Heart and the Air Medal . After the war, Hogan initially worked in the police force. Between 1946 and 1950 he was the deputy chief of police in Bartholomew County. He was then promoted to the local police chief. He held this post between 1950 and 1958.

Politically, Hogan was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1958 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Republican Earl Wilson on January 3, 1959 . Since he lost to Wilson in 1960, he was only able to serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1961 . After leaving the US House of Representatives, Hogan worked until 1980 in various positions for the Farmers Home Administration , the successor agency to the Farm Security Administration . From 1966 to 1980 he was also the secretary of the Indiana Rural Development Committee. He was also Chairman of the State Advisory Committee and the Indiana Green Thimb Inc. between 1975 and 1982. Earl Hogan died on June 3, 2007 in his hometown of Hope.

Web links

• Earl Hogan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Earl Hogan in the database of Find a Grave (English)