Joseph Lewis Hogg
Full Name: Joseph Lewis HoggDate of birth: September 13, 1806
Date of death: May 16, 1862
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| S | 4 | Feb 16, 1846 - May 4, 1846 | 1st (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) | Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches | Houston, Nacogdoches, Rusk |
(1) CHEROKEE COUNTY. "Cherokee County was marked off from Nacogdoches County on April 11, 1846, and was organized on July 13 of that year, with the town of Rusk as the county seat. " Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Whig. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) 1st Legislature - District of Nacogdoches, Rusk, and Houston, Isaac Parker and Jos. L. Hogg. Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 2/16/1846, p. 4. Senate Journal.
(4) 1st Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office and Classification of Senators, 3/3/1846, p. 60. Drew "first class" (2-year term). Senate Journal.
(5) 1st Legislature - Granted leave of absence for remainder of session, 5/4/1846, p. 293. Senate Journal.
(6) Description of drawing of terms for Senators, first-class two-year terms and second-class four-year terms, 3/3/1846, p. 180. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
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Senate District 4
Feb 16, 1846 - May 4, 1846 Legislatures: 1st (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Home City/County: Nacogdoches / Nacogdoches Counties in district: Houston, Nacogdoches, Rusk |
(1) CHEROKEE COUNTY. "Cherokee County was marked off from Nacogdoches County on April 11, 1846, and was organized on July 13 of that year, with the town of Rusk as the county seat. " Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) Whig. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) 1st Legislature - District of Nacogdoches, Rusk, and Houston, Isaac Parker and Jos. L. Hogg. Roll of Senators, oath of office administered, 2/16/1846, p. 4. Senate Journal.
(4) 1st Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office and Classification of Senators, 3/3/1846, p. 60. Drew "first class" (2-year term). Senate Journal.
(5) 1st Legislature - Granted leave of absence for remainder of session, 5/4/1846, p. 293. Senate Journal.
(6) Description of drawing of terms for Senators, first-class two-year terms and second-class four-year terms, 3/3/1846, p. 180. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, p. 103. Father of Texas Governor Jim Hogg. Moved to Texas in 1839 and settled at Nacogdoches. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, Thomas Elisha McMath Hogg, p. 64, mentions father Joseph Lewis Hogg. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album Limited Edition, 2001.
- HOGG, JOSEPH LEWIS (1806-1862). "In 1839 he moved to Cherokee County, Texas, where he established a law practice near Nacogdoches." Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical information in son John W. Hogg's biographical sketch, pp. 286-288; account of Capt. George Stevens, son John Hogg, and Jennings Brothers' fight on the Wichitas, pp. 195-197. Pioneer History of Wise County: From Red Men to Railroads - Twenty Years of Intrepid History, 1907.
- Biographical sketch, p. 169, questioning Texas Democrat's designation of him as Whig. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
Military Service Notes
- Texas Mounted Volunteers, 2nd Regiment, Mexican War. Lone Star Defenders, Captain, became Company C, of 3rd Texas Cavalry. Confederate States Army, appointed Colonel by Governor Edward Clark to organize East Texas troops; appointed Brigadier General on 2/14/1861, "died on May 16 [1862], having never donned a Confederate uniform." Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch, p. 53. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 7, 77, 82, Plate No. 13. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
Other Resources
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1845. Journals of the Convention, assembled at the city of Austin on the Fourth of July, 1845, for the purpose of framing a constitution for the State of Texas, pp. 377-378. Austin: Miner & Cruger, printers to the Convention, 1845. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
- Delegate to Secession Convention of Texas, 1861. Journal of the Secession Convention of Texas 1861. Edited from the original in the department of state by Ernest William Winkler, State Librarian. Texas Library and Historical Commission, the State Library. Austin: Austin Print. Co., 1912, pp. 20-22. Originally published serially in newspapers. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
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