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Rh Jan., 1825. He was educated at Lafayette and at Princeton, where he was graduated in 1849, studied theology at the Princeton seminary for one year, and became principal of the Camden collegiate in- stitute. While there he organized a church at Beverly, N. J., being licensed by the Presbytery in Philadelphia in 1852. In 1855 he was ordained as an evangelist in Burlington, N. J. In 1860 he be- came a teacher in the Trenton city institute, and in 1863 took charge of a military institute at Allentown, Pa., which nourished under his admin- istration, and was incorporated as Muhlenberg col- lege, in which he was a professor and afterward president. He taught and held pastorates at Cam- Sen and Beverly, N. J., and Doylestown, Pa., in 1868-'78, and then became pastor at Morrisville, Pa. He is the author of devotional songs and gospel hymns that are extensively used.

HOGAN, John, politician, b. in Mallow, Ireland, 2 Jan., 1805. He emigrated with his father to the United States in 1817, learned the shoemaking trade in Baltimore, removed to the west in 1826, and opened a store in Madison county, 111., in 1831. From 1834 till 1837 he was president of the Illinois board of public works, and in 1836 he was elected to the legislature. He was also elected a member of congress, but did not qualify as such. He held the office of register of the land-office at Dixon, 111., from 1841 till 1845, when he settled as a mer- chant and banker in St. Louis, Mo. In 1857-'61 he was postmaster at St. Louis. He was elected to congress as a Democrat from Missouri in 1864. He is the author of "Thoughts about St. Louis" (St. Louis, 1857) ; " The Resources of Missouri " (1858) ; f Sketches of Early Western Pioneers " (1859) ; and "History of Western Methodism " (1860).

HOGAN, John Joseph, R. C. bishop, b. in Bruff county, Limerick, Ireland, 10 May, 1829. He studied at the village school of Holycross and under private tutors, came to the United States about 1847, settled in St. Louis, where he entered the Theological seminary, and in April, 1852, was ordained priest. After holding pastorates at Old Mines and Potosi, Mo., he was in 1854 transferred to St. Louis, where he organized the new parish of St. Michael's and built its church. He afterward took charge of the northwest of Missouri, where there was neither Roman Catholic church nor priest, founded numerous missions, and also tried to found a Roman Catholic settlement in southern Missouri, but the civil war prevented its success. The new diocese of St. Joseph's was created on 3 March, 1868, comprising part of Missouri, and Father Hogan was consecrated as its bishop in St. Louis, 13 Sept., 1868. There were at this time but nine priests and eleven churches under the juris- diction of Bishop Hogan. In 1880 the number of priests had increased to twenty-six and the churches to thirty. A Benedictine monastery was founded by Bishop Hogan at Conception, Mo., and he also in- troduced various sisterhoods, by whose aid he car- ried on the work of the parochial schools. The new diocese of Kansas City was created on 10 Sept., 1880, and Bishop Hogan was appointed its bishop, retaining charge of the diocese of St. Joseph's as administrator, but residing in Kansas City. Schools were at once begun in nine parishes, the Redemp- torist fathers founded a novitiate and college in Kansas City, and the Benedictine abbey of New Engelberg and several charitable institutions were established. In May, 1882, Bishop Hogan began to build the cathedral of the immaculate concep- tion in Kansas City, and in 1884 the two dioceses nnder his jurisdiction contained 40,000 Roman Catholics with 75 churches and 80 priests.

HOGAN, John Sheridan, Canadian journalist, b. near Dublin, Ireland, about 1815 ; d. in Toronto, Canada, in December, 1859. He was sent to an uncle in Toronto at the age of eleven, but ran away, found employment as a newsboy for the " Canadian Wesleyan," rose to be foreman, and was subsequently placed on the staff of writers. He then studied law, but was never admitted to the bar. About 1840 he contributed articles on Cana- dian politics to •' Blackwood's Edinburgh Maga- zine." A short time afterward he was arrested in Lockport, N. Y., for complicity in the burning of the steamer " Caroline," and after his discharge brought a claim for indemnity, which was not en- tertained. In 1856 he was awarded the first prize by the Paris exhibition committee for an essay on " Canada and Her Resources " (New York, 1855). He was for a short time editor of the Toronto " Colonist." In 1857 he was elected to represent the county of Grey in the provincial parliament, and acted with the Reform party. While still a member of the house he suddenly disappeared, and eighteen months later it was ascertained that he had been murdered.

HOGAN, William, lawyer, b. in New York city in 1792 ; d. in Washington, D. C, about 1875. He accompanied his father to the Cape of Good Hope, and there learned the Dutch language. After his return he was graduated at Columbia in 1811, and studied law. Purchasing land in Black River county, he became a pioneer in that region, and did much to develop the country. The town of Hogansport on the St. Lawrence river was named for him. He was for many years a county judge, and in 1830 was elected as a jacksonian Democrat to the national house of representatives. He be- came an examiner of claims in the department of state at Washington in 1850, and afterward trans- lator. This post, for which he was fitted by travel and study in Europe, he retained till 1869. HOGE, John (hoag), member of congress, b. near Carlisle, Pa., 10 Sept., 1760 ; d. near Wash- ington, Pa., 4 Aug., 1824. He was educated pri- vately, and, entering the Revolutionary army in 1776, was made an ensign of the 9th Pennsylvania regiment. In 1782 he removed to the western part of the state, and with his brother William founded the town of Washington. He was in 1789 a dele- gate to the convention that formed the state con- stitution, and from 1790 till 1795 was in the state senate. In 1799 he was elected a member of the " American philosophical society," and was a repre- sentative in congress from Pennsylvania in 1804 and 1805, for the unexpired term of his brother William. — His brother, William, b. in Cumber- land county. Pa., in 1762 ; d. in Washington, Pa., 25 Sept., 1814, was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1801 till 1804, when he resigned, and again from 1807 till 1809.

HOGE, Moses, clergyman, b. in Frederick county, Va., 15 Feb., 1752; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., 5 July, 1820. His ancestors, Scotch Presbyterians, emigrated to the United States during the religious persecutions of Charles II. Moses served for a short time in the Continental army during the Revolution. In 1778 he entered Timber Ridge academy, Virginia, and in 1780 became a candidate for the ministry, having received his theological instruction from Rev. James Waddell, the "Blind Preacher." In 1781 he was ordained pastor of a Presbyterian church in Hardy county, Va. During his eight years' pastorate, he also taught a school, which enjoyed a wide popularity. From 1806 till his death he was president of Hampden Sidney college, and, after the establishment of the theolog-