Ima was named for the heroine of the poem The Fate of Marvin, written by Hogg's older brother Tom in 1873.

Hogg won, defeating the powerful rail baron Jay Gould and creating for himself a name in Texas politics.

Hogg appointed Lafayette L. Foster and William Pinckney McLean as commissioners, with John H. Reagan, creator of the Interstate Commerce Act, as chairman.

Voters defeated the proposals to charter state banks and to provide a pension for indigent Confederate veterans, but approved the amendment to allow for public election of the railroad commissioners.

When the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the commission in Reagan v. Farmers Loan and Trust in 1894, this law helped them to be fully equipped to fight the power of the railroads.

[12] In April 1893, the legislature passed a law requiring that communities which issued bonds should also have a plan to collect sufficient taxes to pay the interest.

Hogg's final campaign promise was fulfilled when the legislature passed the Perpetuities and Corporation Land Law, which required private corporations to sell all land they had held for speculative purposes within 15 years[12] The law was full of loopholes and did not have the effect that Hogg wanted.

Hogg and his attorney general argued that the companies were engaged in rebates, price fixing, consolidation, and other tactics prohibited by the state's 1889 antitrust act.

[14] In a National Geographic article in 1961, Stanley Walker wrote that Hogg was "remembered as a man of uncommon ability" and was one of Texas' greatest governors.

Although he was not wealthy when he left office, through his connections he became involved in land and oil deals and amassed a large fortune.

In 1901, Hogg founded the Texas Company, predecessor to Texaco, with Joseph S. Cullinan, John Warne Gates, and Arnold Schlaet.

The "Man in the Street" column in the edition of September 6, 1903, of The New York Times related the following anecdote regarding him: Ex-Gov.

Hogg of Texas, who has a reputation for liking to play a practical joke every time he gets a chance, says he has been cured of the habit.

Not being in a conversational frame of mind, the portly Governor thought it would be a good plan to feign that he was deaf and dumb.

This proceeding naturally caused the desired silence on the part of the Italian, and the Governor was wrapped in his own thoughts, when suddenly a little newsboy ran up and asked him if he wanted a paper.

The Governor, who weighs 300 pounds or more, relishes telling the story, but he adds feelingly that he kept up his bluff after hearing the brutal comment of the newsboy.In January 1905, Hogg was injured in a railroad accident while on a business trip.

In the early morning of August 22, 2017, the University of Texas at Austin removed three Confederate monuments and a statue of Hogg.