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What were the contributions of James Hogg?

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He established The News in Longview, Texas, later moving the newspaper to Quitman.

He helped establish the powerful Texas Railroad Commission, the oldest regulatory agency in the state.

He was a champion of public schools, state universities, and teacher education. During his second term.

Hogg urged the Texas legislature to pass an anti-lynching law, which it finally did in 1897.

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