The last quarter of the nineteenth century, the United States was slowly transitioning into the era, referred to as the Progressive Era, known for its reform movements and transforming the government, not just on the federal level but state level as well, especially in Texas. The Progressive Era focused on the people and how the idea of reforms concerning to “alleviate the ills of society, that assure to people a broader control of their governments, and that look toward affording greater economic, political, and social justice to the people.” It all started when people, mostly farmers, were beginning to feel economically restricted when it came to agriculture because the government gave all control to increase the countries monopoly to the large companies and industries. In Texas, Texas Democrats stepped into to bring relief by helping out the farmers to…show more content… James Hogg was a man committed in to all endeavors he wanted to do and believed were right for the people and Texas, as a whole, becoming a progressive leader issuing the Railroad Commission, improving public education in Texas, and defending the true meaning behind the Constitution. On March 24, 1851 in Texas, James Stephen Hogg was born to Civil War General Brigadier Joseph Lewis Hogg and Lucanda McMath. As a child, Hogg and his siblings had a tutor who taught them at home, until both parents died during the Civil War. Unable to further his education, Hogg was a poor speller and writer, until he began working as a typesetter for Andrew Jackson. Once his spelling and writing improved, Hogg began working for a sheriff department where he eventually became justice of the
