Hoge was born near
Hogestown in the
Province of Pennsylvania. He served in the
Revolutionary War as ensign in the Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment. In 1782 he moved to what is now
Washington, Pennsylvania, which he and his brother,
William Hoge, founded. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1790, and a member of the
Pennsylvania State Senate from 1790 to 1795. A Republican, Hoge was elected to the
Eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his brother,
William Hoge. In 1791, he was elected to the
American Philosophical Society. He died at
Meadow Lands, Pennsylvania in 1824 and is buried in Washington Cemetery at
Washington, Pennsylvania. ==References==