Lawrence Hogan

Lawrence Joseph Hogan (born September 30, 1928 in Boston , Massachusetts , † April 20, 2017 in Annapolis , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1969 and 1975 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lawrence Hogan attended Gonzaga High School in Washington, DC until 1946. He then studied law at Georgetown University until 1954, among other things. After his admission to the bar in 1954, he began to work in this profession. He also continued his own education with various courses at American University , San Francisco State College and the University of Maryland . From 1960 to 1968, Hogan was a member of the University of Maryland Law School. In addition to his studies, he worked for the FBI from 1948 to 1958 . In 1967 and 1968, Hogan was a member of a governor's commission to implement state law. Between 1964 and 1980 and again in 1988 he was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions .

In the 1968 congressional election , Hogan was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington in the fifth constituency of Maryland, where he succeeded Hervey Make on January 3, 1969 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1975 . These were overshadowed by the events of the Watergate affair in 1973 and 1974 . In addition, the Vietnam War ended at that time .

In 1974, Hogan decided not to run again. Instead, he unsuccessfully sought his party's nomination for gubernatorial elections in Maryland. In 1977 and 1978 he was a vice president and advisor to the Associated Builders and Contractors association in the state capital Washington. From 1978 to 1982 he was a district councilor in Prince George's County . In 1982 he ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate . Then he worked as a broker. Hogan spends his old age in Frederick . Hogan was married. His oldest son is the politician and entrepreneur Lawrence J. Hogan , who was elected Governor of Maryland in November 2014.

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SURNAME	Hogan, Lawrence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hogan, Lawrence Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 30, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Boston , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	April 20, 2017
Place of death	Annapolis (Maryland) , Maryland