[1] From 1927 to 1936 Vogt was the mayor of Balzers as a member of the Christian-Social People's Party.
[2] During this time, he oversaw the rising of the Rhine dam and the building of a new water supply from 1934 to 1935.
[1][4] However, during this time Beck was frequently absent from the Landtag due to prolonged ilness, and Vogt was considered to be the defacto representative of the party instead.
[1][6] Vogt married Elisabeth Wolfinger (5 July 1889 – 28 March 1963) on 24 November 1913 and they had three children together.
[1] His son Franz Vogt went on to serve in the Landtag from 1950 to 1953, succeeding Heinrich Andreas Brunhart after his own death.