Secretary Hogan Salutes Congressman Hogan 
Former Congressman Lawrence J. Hogan, Sr. was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland’s Fifth Congressional District in 1968, becoming the first Republican to win the heavily Democratic district seat in decades. He was overwhelmingly re-elected in 1970, and again in 1972. He served in the House of Representatives along with President Gerald Ford and President George Bush. He gave up his then safe seat in Congress to run for Governor of Maryland in 1974. He was later elected Prince George’s County Executive in 1978, the last Republican to ever carry Prince George’s County for any office. In 1982 he gave up the County Executive seat to run for the U.S. Senate against Paul Sarbanes. He also served 12 years on the Republican National Committee. A friend of Larry Hogan, Jr.’s named Bob Ehrlich got involved in politics as a volunteer in the Hogan for U.S. Senate Campaign, and went on to serve in the State Legislature, as a Congressman, and as Governor of Maryland.
Former Maryland Cabinet Secretary (2003-2007) Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr. was elected to the Republican Central Committee in 1978, as President of the Young Republicans in 1979,was Chairman of Youth for Reagan in 1980, and served on the Reagan-Bush Inaugural Committee. He was elected as a Delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1980,1984, and 1988. In 1992, at the urging of Republican leaders, Larry Hogan, Jr. took on the seemingly impossible challenge of facing Steny Hoyer, who was then the House Majority Whip and Chairman of the Democratic Caucus. In an overwhelming Democratic District, in a losing Republican year, outspent more than 6 to 1,against a Democratic leader of Congress, Larry defeated Hoyer in 4 out of 5 counties, and held him to just 51%. Hoyer called it the toughest race of his entire political career. Michael Steele filled Larry’s old seat on the Republican Central Committee, and went on to become State Party Chair, Lt. Governor, and Chairman of the RNC.
 

 

 

 

 

 

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