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. Hogg was born in

Point Pleasant, West Virginia Point Pleasant is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, West Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. The population was 4,101 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Point Pleasant, ...

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

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in 1914 and from 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

Mason County, West Virginia Mason County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,453. Its county seat and largest city is Point Pleasant. The county was founded in 1804 and named for George Mason, delegate to the U.S. ...

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

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to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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and 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 and then continued to serve as a member of its board and executive committee. He was the counsel to a law firm in

Charleston, West Virginia Charleston is the capital and List of cities in West Virginia, most populous city of West Virginia. Located at the confluence of the Elk River (West Virginia), Elk and Kanawha River, Kanawha rivers, the city had a population of 48,864 at the 20 ...

1960-1970 and resided in

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

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