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27-541: The 22nd Texas Legislature met from January 13 to April 13, 1891, in regular session, and from March 14 to April 12, 1892, in a called session. All members of the House of Representatives and a portion of the members of the Senate were elected in the 1890 general election . During this legislative term, James Stephen Hogg was Governor, George Cassety Pendleton was Lieutenant Governor, and Robert Teague Milner served as Speaker of

54-429: A plurality of the votes to gain a second term as governor, but it was the first time in state history that the winning Democratic candidate did not receive a majority of the votes. During his second term, Hogg endorsed three constitutional amendments. Voters defeated the proposals to charter state banks and to provide a pension for indigent Confederate veterans, but approved the amendment to allow for public election of

81-536: A basic education before being asked to go to work. In 1866, Hogg went to Tuscaloosa, Alabama , to study. Upon returning to Texas, he became a printer's devil at the Rusk Chronicle . In 1867, Hogg walked from East Texas to Cleburne , where he found a job with the Cleburne Chronicle . Soon after his arrival the building which housed the Cleburne Chronicle burned down, and Hogg returned to East Texas. For

108-455: A name in Texas politics. Hogg also endeavored to rein in abuses by other large corporations. He tackled the "wildcat" insurance companies, forcing several of them to leave the state and requiring others to operate within the parameters of the law. Under his guidance, Texas became the second state to pass a workable antitrust law. With the support of farmers, ranchers, and small merchants, Hogg won

135-459: A number of indictments, including one for Rockefeller. Hogg requested that Rockefeller be extradited from New York, but the New York governor refused, as Rockefeller had not fled from Texas. Rockefeller was never tried, but other employees of the company were found guilty. In a National Geographic article in 1961, Stanley Walker wrote that Hogg was "remembered as a man of uncommon ability" and

162-685: A shipping route to open between Texas and South America, as well as between Texas and Asia. On April 19, 1900, he gave a speech in Waco , where he said the now legendary words: "Let us have Texas, the Empire State, (be) governed by the people, not Texas, the truckpatch, ruled by corporate lobbyists ". In 1901, Hogg founded the Texas Company, predecessor to Texaco , with Joseph S. Cullinan , John Warne Gates , and Arnold Schlaet . Jim Hogg's popularity extended beyond Texas, particularly in New York. The "Man in

189-456: A shoe shine. The bootblack, a small-sized Italian , began to chatter at him after he had taken his seat in the high chair. Not being in a conversational frame of mind, the portly Governor thought it would be a good plan to feign that he was deaf and dumb. So he responded by signs to everything the bootblack said. This proceeding naturally caused the desired silence on the part of the Italian, and

216-408: Is named after him. In 1906, Texas Governor James Stephen Hogg asked that a pecan tree be planted at his grave instead of a traditional headstone, requesting that the seeds be distributed throughout the state to make Texas a "Land of Trees". His wish was carried out and this brought more attention to pecan trees. In 1919, the 36th Texas Legislature made the pecan tree the state tree of Texas where

243-657: The 1884 national elections, as he helped convince the black vote for the Democratic party. Although encouraged to run for a seat in the United States Congress , Hogg declined and practiced law in Tyler . Hogg was elected state Attorney General in 1886 with the platform of railroad regulation reform. At that time, the state had the power to regulate the transportation industry, but existing laws were either unenforced or inadequate. Through "various legal maneuvers", Hogg forced

270-586: The Democratic nomination, George Clark, realized that Hogg would likely win the nomination, Clark's supporters left the Democratic convention and went to a new location. There they formed a new party, the Jeffersonian Democrats , and nominated Clark for governor. Hogg was easily nominated as the Democratic candidate by the remaining delegates . The Republican Party endorsed Clark, and the Populist Party nominated lawyer Thomas Lewis Nugent . Hogg won

297-460: The Governor was wrapped in his own thoughts, when suddenly a little newsboy ran up and asked him if he wanted a paper. Before he could reply the bootblack turned to the boy and said: The newsboy looked him over, says the Governor, and then remarked in a loud voice: The Governor, who weighs 300 pounds or more, relishes telling the story, but he adds feelingly that he kept up his bluff after hearing

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324-513: The Hoggs also had a daughter named Ura, that allegation is false. In 1876, he was defeated by John S. Griffith for a seat in the Texas legislature . He returned to public service in 1878 when he was elected Wood County's attorney, and he went on to serve from 1880 to 1884 as Texas' seventh district's attorney. Hogg was one of the men responsible for making Smith County a Democratic stronghold during

351-422: The House. This Texas -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . James Stephen Hogg James Stephen Hogg (March 24, 1851 – March 3, 1906) was an American lawyer and statesman, and the 20th Governor of Texas . He was born near Rusk, Texas . Hogg was a follower of the conservative New South Creed which became popular following the U.S. Civil War , and

378-457: The Street" column in the edition of September 6, 1903, of The New York Times related the following anecdote regarding him: Ex-Gov. Hogg of Texas, who has a reputation for liking to play a practical joke every time he gets a chance, says he has been cured of the habit. The last time he was in New York the joke he tried to perpetrate was turned back at him in great style. It happened that he wanted

405-667: The brutal comment of the newsboy. In January 1905, Hogg was injured in a railroad accident while on a business trip. He never completely recovered and died in his sleep on March 3, 1906, at the age of 54. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Austin, Texas . Jim Hogg County southeast of Laredo is named after him. In addition James S. Hogg Middle School in Norhill, Houston , of the Houston Independent School District ,

432-475: The captain of Texas Rangers Company B, Frontier Battalion, a position that he retained until 1907. Hogg campaigned for a second term in 1892 on five principles: to uphold the state constitution, to support the Railroad Commission, to stop the railroads from issuing watered stocks , to regulate the issuance of county and municipal bonds , and to regulate alien land ownership. When his opponent for

459-634: The election for Governor of Texas in 1890. At the same time, voters approved the constitutional amendment allowing for a Railroad Commission by a wide margin. On April 3, 1891, the legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill to create the Railroad Commission. Hogg appointed Lafayette L. Foster and William Pinckney McLean as commissioners, with John H. Reagan , creator of the Interstate Commerce Act , as chairman. Hogg also named his old friend, Captain Bill McDonald , to succeed Samuel A. McMurry as

486-650: The next several years he worked as a farmhand and studied law. He later ran the Longview News and founded the Quitman News . In 1873, Hogg was named Justice of the Peace at Quitman . The following year he married Sarah Ann Stinson. They had four children, William Clifford (1875), Ima (1882), Michael (1885), and Thomas Elijah (1887). Ima was named for the heroine of the poem The Fate of Marvin , written by Hogg's older brother Tom in 1873. Although legend states that

513-504: The out-of-state corporations operating the railroads to establish operating offices in the state. He also put an end to pooling by the railroads and suggested that the legislature propose a constitutional amendment to create the Railroad Commission of Texas . In 1888 Hogg sued the rail companies for attempting to create a monopoly, among other charges. Hogg won, defeating the powerful rail baron Jay Gould and creating for himself

540-485: The power of the railroads. In April 1893, the legislature passed a law requiring that communities which issued bonds should also have a plan to collect sufficient taxes to pay the interest. Hogg's final campaign promise was fulfilled when the legislature passed the Perpetuities and Corporation Land Law, which required private corporations to sell all land they had held for speculative purposes within 15 years The law

567-505: The railroad commissioners. At his urging, the legislature passed a law allowing the Railroad Commission to fix rates based on fair valuation and to stop many of the practices the railroad companies had used to manipulate stocks. When the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the commission in Reagan v. Farmers Loan and Trust in 1894, this law helped them to be fully equipped to fight

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594-597: The statue was reinstalled on the east side of the university's Main building. Railroad pool In 1885, William H. Vanderbilt the railroad magnate, and Hugh J. Jewett defined railroad pooling in a letter to the Hepburn Committee of the New York legislature , as "a successful plan for preventing railway wars and securing uniformity of rates." During this time, pools were making their way towards legal recognition. In Europe they were encouraged. In Belgium and Prussia

621-713: The town of San Saba claims to be "The Pecan Capital of the World". Several other American towns and regions host annual events celebrating the pecan harvest. In the early morning of August 22, 2017, the University of Texas at Austin removed three Confederate monuments and a statue of Hogg . The university president said the removal was because of the violent protests at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia . In December 2018,

648-421: Was also associated with populism . He was the first Texas Governor to have been born in Texas. Jim Hogg County is named after him. Hogg is often remembered for naming his daughter Ima , an odd name which derived from a poem written by James's brother, Thomas Elisha Hogg . The story that she had a sister or sisters with odd names (proposed names including "Hoosa", "Ura" and "Wera") is an urban legend . Hogg

675-574: Was born in Cherokee County, Texas . His parents, Joseph L. Hogg and Lucanda McMath had moved to Texas in late 1836. During the Civil War , his father served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army . Joseph Hogg died in 1862, and Lucanda died the following year. Hogg and his two brothers were raised by their sister, Frances. The family had little money, and Hogg received only

702-499: Was full of loopholes and did not have the effect that Hogg wanted. In 1894, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company and its Texas subsidiary, the Waters-Pierce Oil Company of Missouri. Hogg and his attorney general argued that the companies were engaged in rebates, price fixing , consolidation, and other tactics prohibited by the state's 1889 antitrust act. The investigation resulted in

729-580: Was one of Texas' greatest governors. Hogg's term as governor ended in 1895, the same year his wife died. Although he was not wealthy when he left office, through his connections he became involved in land and oil deals and amassed a large fortune. He spoke on behalf of William Jennings Bryan in Tammany Hall in 1896 and 1900. Hogg also became interested in the idea of what became the Panama Canal ; having done well as an oil investor, Hogg had interest for

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