page_title: Jim Hogg
section_title: Later years
hierarchical_section_title: Jim Hogg / Later years
caption_attribution_description: Jim Hogg Road exit west of Tyler, TX, on Interstate 20; taken June 14, 2012, with Canon camera.
context_page_description: James Stephen "Big Jim" Hogg 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 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 named "Ura" is an urban legend.
context_section_description: 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 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 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 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 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:
  "You nota talka to him.  He deaf."
  The newsboy looked him over, says the Governor, and then remarked in a loud voice:
  "Well, say, he's a fat old hog, ain't he?"
  
  The Governor, who weighs 300 pounds or more, relishes telling the story, but he adds feelingly that he kept up his bluff after hearing the brutal comment of the newsboy.
  — Man in the Street, New York Times, 1903
  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, is named after him.
caption: Jim Hogg Road exit in Wood County off Interstate 20 northwest of Tyler, Texas
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