Biography

06/15/1897 - 01/13/1968

HOGGARD, Rev. Dr. Dennie W., Sr., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, June 15, 1897 in Bertie County, NC; attended, Moody Institute; attended, Union University; D.D., Lynchburg Seminary and College; member, Mayor’s Housing Committee, Philadelphia; pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Plainfield, NJ (1923-1934); pastor, Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Philadelphia (1933-1965); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1943, 1945, 1949, 1951 and 1953 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1947 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1955 term; died, January 13, 1968 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Lawn Cemetery, Sharon Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.