Charles Edgar Hogg
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 4th district
In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
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Born	(1852-12-21)December 21, 1852 Point Pleasant, Virginia (now West Virginia), US
Died	June 14, 1935(1935-06-14) (aged 82) Point Pleasant, West Virginia, US
Political party	Democrat Republican
Profession	Politician, educator, lawyer
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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 Democrat, later in life he became an author as well as a Progressive Republican and dean of the West Virginia University College of Law.

Charles Hogg was born on a farm near Point Pleasant, Mason County, Virginia (now West Virginia) on December 21, 1852. He attended the new public schools at Locust Grove, then traveled west for studies at Carleton College in Racine, Ohio. Hogg graduated from Oldham & Hawe's Business College in Pomeroy, Ohio in 1869.

Hogg returned to Mason County, where he taught school and worked as a bookkeeper from 1870 to 1873. He also read law, possibly under Henry J. Fisher, whom he greatly admired, and who had one of the largest law libraries in the new state. Hogg was admitted to the bar in 1875 and entered practice in Point Pleasant, the county seat. In that same year, he also served as county superintendent of free schools of Mason County from 1875 to 1879.

Voters in the 4th Congressional district elected Hogg in 1886 to the 50th United States Congress (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889), where he served as Congress's youngest member.^[1] He failed to win his party's renomination to that seat and returned to his law practice in Point Pleasant. In 1900, he affiliated with the Republican Party. He served as a dean of the College of Law of West Virginia University at Morgantown from 1906 to 1913. He authored several works on legal procedure.

Charles E. Hogg died in Point Pleasant, West Virginia on June 14, 1935, and was buried in Lone Oak Cemetery. His son Robert Lynn Hogg also became a congressman.

• United States Congress. "Charles E. Hogg (id: H000701)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia
1st district	Blair C. Hubbard Duval J. J. Davis B. Wilson Goff Pendleton Atkinson Pendleton Dovener W. Hubbard J. W. Davis Neely Rosenbloom Bachmann Ramsay Schiffler Ramsay Schiffler Neely Love Ramsay R. Mollohan Moore R. Mollohan A. Mollohan McKinley C. Miller
2nd district	Brown Sr. Latham Kitchen McGrew Hagans Faulkner Martin Hoge W. Wilson Dayton T. Davis Sturgiss Brown Jr. Bowers Allen Bowman Randolph M. Snyder Staggers Sr. Benedict Staggers Jr. Wise Capito Mooney
3rd district	Whaley Polsley Witcher Hereford Kenna C. Snyder Alderson Huling Dorr Johnston Gaines Littlepage Avis Littlepage Reed Wolverton O'Brien Wolverton Hornor Edmiston Rohrbough Bailey Rohrbough Bailey Slack Hutchinson Staton Wise Rahall Jenkins C. Miller
4th district	Gibson C. Hogg Jackson C. Smith Capehart W. Miller Freer Hughes Woodyard Hamilton Moss Woodyard Johnson Woodyard Hughes R. Hogg Johnson Ellis Burnside Neal Burnside Neal Hechler Rahall
5th district	Hughes Cooper Goodykoontz Lilly Strother Shott John Kee E. Kee James Kee
6th district	Littlepage Echols Taylor England J. Smith Hedrick Byrd Slack
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