Lawrence Hogan | |
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| 3rd Executive ofPrince George's County | |
| In office March 9, 1978 – April 6, 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Winfield M. Kelly Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Parris Glendening |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaryland's5th district | |
| In office January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Hervey Machen |
| Succeeded by | Gladys Spellman |
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| Born | Lawrence Joseph Hogan (1928-09-30)September 30, 1928 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 20, 2017(2017-04-20) (aged 88) Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 6, includingLarry andPatrick |
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Lawrence Joseph Hogan Sr. (September 30, 1928 – April 20, 2017) was an American politician who served as aRepublicanU.S. representative for the5th congressional district ofMaryland from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1975.[1][2] In 1974, he was the only Republican representative to vote to recommend all three Housearticles ofimpeachment against PresidentRichard Nixon.[3] He was the father of the 62ndgovernor of Maryland,Larry Hogan.[4]
Hogan did not run for re-election in 1974 and was unsuccessful that year in his candidacy for the Republican nomination forgovernor. He becamecounty executive forPrince George's County, Maryland, in 1978 and served until 1982.
To date, he is the last Republican to have served as representative from Maryland's 5th congressional district.
Born inBoston, on September 30, 1928, Hogan was raised in Washington, D.C., and attendedGonzaga College High School.[5] He received his bachelor's degree fromGeorgetown University in 1949, J.D. from Georgetown in 1954, and was admitted to the Bar in the same year.[5][6] While a college student, he worked for theWashington Times-Herald. He joined the FBI in 1948 and became a full-time agent while attending law school.[5][7][8] He later was enrolled in graduate studies atSan Francisco State College, 1956–1957, received a master's degree fromAmerican University in 1965,[5] and continued studies at theUniversity of Maryland, 1966–1967.[6]
Hogan's private career included practicing law and public relations. His Larry Hogan Associates business was making $1 million a year before he sold it to enter politics.[7]
In 1968, Hogan won against incumbentHervey Machen to representMaryland's 5th congressional district, and was re-elected in 1970 and 1972.[9] Hogan was the only Republican on theHouse Judiciary Committee to vote for all threearticles ofimpeachment againstRichard Nixon when they were adopted in committee duringthe impeachment process against Nixon.[5] Hogan pointedly said during the televised committee hearings:
The thing that's so appalling to me is that the President, when this whole idea was suggested to him, didn't, in righteous indignation, rise up and say, "Get out of here, you're in the office of the President of the United States. How can you talk about blackmail and bribery and keeping witnesses silent? This is the Presidency of the United States." But my President didn't do that. He sat there and he worked and worked to try to cover this thing up so it wouldn't come to light.[10]
Hogan entered Maryland's 1974 gubernatorial race when polls showed him a strong challenger to incumbent GovernorMarvin Mandel. Hogan's abandonment of Nixon, however, contributed to his loss in the Republican primary toLouise Gore, who in turn lost to Mandel.[9] Political observers also attributed Hogan's loss to Gore's "genteel, low-key nature".[11]Gladys Spellman was elected to take Hogan's former seat in Congress.
After his 1974 defeat, Hogan and his wife Ilona opened the law firm Hogan and Hogan, with offices inForestville, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.[5] In 1976, Hogan was elected a Maryland National Republican Committeeman,[12] and in January 1977 he began working as executive vice-president of the Associated Builders and Contractors trade association. When he left the position to re-enter politics, he was being paid between $70,000 and $100,000 a year,[7] equivalent to $482,000 in 2024.
In 1978, Hogan challenged incumbent Prince George's County ExecutiveWin Kelly amid a 'tax revolt' and won the office with 60% of the vote. County voters passed atax reform measure known as "TRIM" that same year.[9]
Hogan challenged first-termDemocratic SenatorPaul Sarbanes (who was his House Judiciary Committee colleague during the Nixon impeachment) in1982 and lost heavily.Parris Glendening was elected as county executive in his place, and Hogan's political career was over.[9] He returned to practicing law, taught, and wrote books. HisLegal Aspects of the Fire Service is used at training academies across the U.S. as of 2014.[9]
Hogan married Ilona Maria Modly in 1974 after his first marriage to Nora Maguire ended with divorce in 1972 after 27 years.[5][7][8][9] Ilona was elected to the Board of County Commissioners inFrederick County after they moved there,[9] serving from 1994 to 2001.[13] Two of Hogan's six children are also politically involved in the state of Maryland.Patrick N. Hogan was formerly a Republican Delegate representing Maryland's District 3A.[14] Hogan's eldest son,Larry Hogan, was theGovernor of Maryland from 2015 to 2023 after defeating thenLieutenant GovernorAnthony Brown in2014 by a margin of 3.78%, and then securing reelection in2018 against formerNAACP Executive DirectorBen Jealous with a margin of 11.5%, becoming the first Republican since1954 to win reelection as Governor.[15] Larry Hogan was also the Republican nominee for the2024 US Senate election in Maryland, running againstPrince George's County ExecutiveAngela Alsobrooks.
On April 15, 2017, Hogan had a severe stroke and died five days later, on April 20, at a hospital inAnnapolis, Maryland, aged 88.[8][16]
He and his wife and law partner, Ilona. ... from a costly divorce from his first wife of 27 years.
Political observers partly attributed Miss Gore's upset victory over Hogan in the 1974 gubernatorial primary to her genteel, low-key nature
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaryland's 5th congressional district 1969–1975 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Executive ofPrince George's County 1978–1982 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Republican nominee forU.S. Senator fromMaryland (Class 1) 1982 | Succeeded by |
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