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-
