David Hogg

David Hogg (* August 21 1886 in Crothersville, Jackson County, Indiana, † October 23, 1973 in Fort Wayne, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1925 and 1933 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

David Hogg attended the common schools and then studied until 1909 at the College of Liberal Arts, Indiana University is connected. After a subsequent law studies at this University and his 1913 was admitted as a lawyer in Fort Wayne, he began to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1922 and 1924 he was Chairman of the Republican Party in Allen County.

In the congressional elections of 1924, Hogg was in the twelfth electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Louis W. Fairfield on March 4, 1925. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1933 four legislative sessions. These were shaped by the events of the world economic crisis since 1929.

In the years 1932, 1934 and 1936, respectively Hogg applied unsuccessfully to his disappearance or his re-entry into the Congress. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1939 he founded a life insurance company. In the years 1940 to 1943 was president of the company Hogg Goodwill Industries in Fort Wayne. From 1941 to 1946, he issued an interdenominational newspaper. David Hogg died October 23, 1973 in Fort Wayne, where he was also buried.