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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeSamuel HOGG
(1783-1842)
HOGG, Samuel, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Halifax, N.C., April 18,
1783; attended the public schools in Caswell County; taught school
for a short time; studied medicine in Gallatin, Sumner County,
Tenn., about 1804; moved to Lebanon County, Tenn., after a short
time; surgeon in the First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Infantry
from November 21, 1812, to April 22, 1813; hospital surgeon on the
staff of Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson in the expedition against the
Creek Indians from February 22 to May 25, 1814; also hospital
surgeon on the staff of Maj. Gen. William Carroll from November 13,
1814, to May 13, 1815; member of the State house of
representatives; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress
(March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819); engaged in the practice of medicine
in Lebanon, Tenn., until 1828, in Nashville 1828-1836 and
1838-1840, and in Natchez 1836-1838; president of the State Medical
Society of Tennessee in 1840; died in Rutherford County, Tenn., May
28, 1842; interment in Nashville City Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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