Charles Edgar Hogg, the father of Robert Lynn Hogg, was a lawyer

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 and Democratic

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 politician

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 from West Virginia

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. He was born on a farm near Point Pleasant

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

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, Mason County

Mason County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 25,957 people, 10,587 households, and 7,569 families residing in the county. The population density was 60 people per square mile . There were 12,056 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile...

, Virginia

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 (now West Virginia) on December 21, 1852. He was elected in 1886 to the 50th United States Congress

50th United States Congress

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. He died in Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Point Pleasant is a city in Mason County, West Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. The population was 4,637 at the 2000 census...

 on June 14, 1935. His son was congressman Robert Lynn Hogg

Robert Lynn Hogg

Robert Lynn Hogg was an American politician who represented West Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1930 to 1933. He was the son of Congressman Charles E. Hogg....

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He attended the common schools at Locust Grove, Carleton College, Racine, Ohio

Racine, Ohio

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.He graduated from Oldham & Hawe’s Business College, Pomeroy, Ohio

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 in 1869. He taught school and worked as a bookkeeper from 1870 to 1873. He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1875 and entered practice in Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Point Pleasant is a city in Mason County, West Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. The population was 4,637 at the 2000 census...

. He served as county superintendent of free schools of Mason County from 1875 to 1879.

He won election as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889). His candidacy for renomination in 1888 was unsuccessful. He returned to his law practice in Point Pleasant. In 1900, he affiliated with the Republican Party. He served as a dean of the College of Law of West Virginia University

West Virginia University

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at Morgantown from 1906 to 1913. He authored several works on legal procedure. He died in Point Pleasant, West Virginia on June 14, 1935 and was buried in Lone Oak Cemetery.

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