John Hogan (politician)

John Hogan

John Hogan (born January 2, 1805 in Mallow , United Kingdom , †  February 5, 1892 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an American politician of Irish origin . Between 1865 and 1867 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1817 John Hogan came to the United States from his Irish homeland, where he settled in Baltimore . There he received only a limited education. At the same time he completed an apprenticeship as a shoemaker and was trained as a preacher in the Methodist Church . In 1826 he moved west, where he served as a minister in Illinois . Since 1831, Hogan worked in Madison in commerce. Between 1834 and 1837 he headed the Illinois State Building Committee ( Board of Public Works ). It was then that he became a member of the Whig Party . In 1836 he was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives. Two years later he ran unsuccessfully for Congress . Between 1841 and 1845, Hogan worked for the Dixon Land Registry . He then moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he worked in the grocery trade. Between 1857 and 1861 he worked as a postman in this city.

Politically, Hogan joined the Democrats after the Whigs dissolved . In the congressional election of 1864 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Samuel Knox on March 4, 1865 . Since he was defeated by Republican William A. Pile in 1866 , he was only able to serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1867 . During this time the civil war ended in April 1865 . It was then that the dispute between the Republican Party and President Andrew Johnson over the reconstruction began .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, John Hogan withdrew from politics. In the following years he devoted himself to his private affairs. He died on February 5, 1892 in St. Louis, where he was also buried.

Web links

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

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