Timothy Sylvester Hogan

Timothy Sylvester Hogan

Timothy Sylvester Hogan (born June 11, 1864 in Jackson County , Ohio , † December 8, 1926 in Columbus , Ohio) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ). He was Attorney General of Ohio from 1911 to 1915 .

Early years

Timothy Sylvester Hogan was born on a Jackson County farm during the Civil War . Both his parents emigrated in 1850 from County Kerry ( Ireland ) in the United States one. His father died in 1894 and his mother in 1897. Nothing more is known about his childhood. Hogan attended public schools in Jackson County and then Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. In 1889 he graduated from Ohio University in Athens (Ohio). After that, Hogan taught at a school for 14 years.

Hogan began studying law at home after a colleague presented him with a copy of Blackstone . He was admitted to the bar in 1894 and then began practicing in Wellston, Ohio. In his first case, he represented a man who was charged with murder. He obtained an acquittal, which was good advertisement for his own legal practice. In his entire career as a lawyer, he lost only one murder case. He defended John William Tracey in December 1910. Ironically, this was his last case before he became Attorney General of Ohio.

Political career

Hogan ran in the 10th Congressional District of Ohio for the 55th Congress in 1896  , but lost the election to Republican Lucien J. Fenton . In 1908, Hogan ran unsuccessfully for the office of Attorney General of Ohio. He was elected Attorney General of Ohio in 1910 and re-elected in 1912. Both times, Hogan won the elections by a wide margin. He then ran unsuccessfully for his seat in the US Senate in 1914 .

family

In 1891 he married Mary Collins († 1905) from Washington Court House (Ohio). The couple had two sons and two daughters. One child died before his first wife died. After her death in 1908 he married Mary L. Deasy of Cincinnati, Ohio. With his second wife he had two other sons and one other daughter. One of his two sons and his second wife was Federal Judge Timothy Sylvester Hogan (1909–1989).

Hogan died in 1926 of complications from pernicious anemia .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d} Mercer, James K .: Ohio Legislative History: 1909-1912 , Volume 1, Edward T. Miller, 1913, pp. 177f
2. ^ Death Summons Timothy Hogan, Lima News, December 8, 1926
3. ↑ Dead, Timothy Hogan, Sandusky Star Journal, December 8, 1926