Robert Lynn Hogg (December 30, 1893 – July 21, 1973) was an American politician who represented

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in the

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from 1930 to 1933. He was the son of Congressman

Charles E. Hogg Charles Edgar Hogg (December 21, 1852 – June 14, 1935) was a lawyer, educator and politician who represented West Virginia's 4th congressional district (1887-1889). Although initially a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, later in lif ...

. Hogg was born in

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. He attended the public schools and West Virginia Preparatory School. He graduated from

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in 1914 and its law department in 1916. He was admitted to the bar in 1916 and commenced practice in

. During the

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, he served from 1917 to 1919 in the Coast Artillery Corps and the Air Service. After the war, he resumed the practice of law in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Hogg was the prosecuting attorney of

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1921-1924. He was also a member of the

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1925-1929. He was elected as a Republican, in a special election, November 4, 1930, to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James A. Hughes. He was reelected to the

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and served from November 4, 1930, to March 3, 1933. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the

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. After leaving Congress, Hogg resumed the practice of law in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. He was a lawyer for the Association of Life Insurance Presidents, New York City, 1935–1944 and executive and vice president of American Life Convention,

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1944-1954. In addition, he was the senior vice president, advisory counsel, and vice chairman of the board, Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States, from 1954 until retirement in 1960. He then continued to serve as a member of its board and executive committee. He was the counsel to a law firm in

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1960-1970 and resided in

Lewisburg, West Virginia Lewisburg is a city in and the county seat of Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,930 at the 2020 census. History Lewisburg is named after Andrew Lewis (American general), Andrew Lewis. In 1751 Lewis, as a youn ...

. He was buried in Lone Oak Cemetery, Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

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