Frank Hogan

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Frank Smithwick Hogan (Born on January 17, 1902 in Waterbury, Connecticut - Died on April 2, 1974 in New York, New York). Dubbed "Mr. Integrity" due to his perceived honesty and incorruptibility, Mr. Hogan served as the New York County District Attorney for approximately 32 years. He was re-elected 9 times and resigned the office in 1974.

Prior to his 1941 election, Hogan served as Chief of Staff to his predecessor, Thomas E. Dewey. During his time inside the New York County District Attorney's Office, Mr. Hogan conducted many high scale widely publicized investigations. Corruption and racketeering were high on his list. Concerning itself with both innocence and guilt, street crime and high profile cases, the Hogan administration molded itself a national reputation based on resourcefulness, objectivity, and honesty.

Through the Knapp Commission, Frank Hogan took on police corruption. In the late 1950s his office was involved with investigating the rigging of television quiz programs, as well as the regulation of 'fixed' college basketball games. He prosecuted the well known Lenny Bruce obscenity case. Another high profile case involved the exoneration of George Whitmore, Jr. in 1963 after his confession regarding the murder of 2 women in their upper east side Manhattan apartment.

Mr. Hogan was the Democratic contender in the 1958 U.S. Senate election in which he was defeated by the Republican Kenneth B. Keating.

After suffering a stroke August 10, Mr. Hogan resigned on December 26, 1973. He died of cancer on April 2, 1974. He was 72.

The street address of the main office of the New York County District Attorney bears the name One Hogan Place, in his honor.

[edit] References

• Moscow, Warren "Tammany Picks Dewey Aide; Action Blow to La Guardia; Selection of Hogan for Prosecutor Upsets Fusion Movement -- Dr. Nathan Ratnoff Is Named for Borough Head" New York Times, August 2, 1941.
• Hagerty, James C. "Hogan Accepts Tammany's Bid; May Win Fusion; Dewey's Chief of Staff Says He Made No Commitments -- Wants Job Out of Politics Republicans Weigh Move Lockwood, Prosecutor's Choice, Is Believed Reluctant to Oppose Close Friend Hogan Accepts; May Win Fusion" New York Times, August 3, 1941.
• "Hogan Candidacy a Political 'Bomb'; New District Attorney Was Little Known in City Until Tammany Backed Him" New York Times, November 5, 1941.
• DANY Website
• Breasted, Mary "Hogan Has Had a Stroke And Lung-Tumor Surgery; Hogan Had Stroke; Tumor Removed" New York Times, September 18, 1973.
• Breasted, Mary "Hogan Quits After Serving For 32 Years as Prosecutor; Close to Tears, Botein Reads Statement by District Attorney Citing Ill Health Dewey Successor Widely Praised Hogan Is Quitting, Citing His Health Scotti Mentioned" New York Times, December 27, 1973.
• "Hogan, District Attorney 32 Years, Dies; Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney 32 Years, Dies at 72" New York Times, April 3, 1974.

[edit] See also

• City of New York
• Manhattan
• Fiorello H. LaGuardia
• William O'Dwyer
• Vincent R. Impellitteri
• Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
• John V. Lindsay
• Robert M. Morgenthau
• Nicholas Scoppetta

Preceded by Thomas E. Dewey	District Attorney - New York County, New York 1942-1973	Succeeded by Richard Kuh
Preceded by John Cashmore	Democratic Nominee for U.S. Senate from New York (Class 1) 1958	Succeeded by Robert F. Kennedy