Anthony AC Rogers

Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers (born February 14, 1821 in Clarksville , Tennessee , † July 27, 1899 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American politician . Between 1869 and 1871 he represented the second constituency of the state of Arkansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Anthony Rogers only had a limited education and then went into business. In 1854 he moved to Arkansas. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . In the run-up to the civil war , he was against the exit of his state from the Union and spoke out in this regard at the corresponding assembly. He was arrested and imprisoned for his loyalty to the Union. Only with the help of bail could he avoid charges of high treason.

After the state of Arkansas was taken by Union troops, Rogers was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington . He was denied a seat there because the state of Arkansas had not yet been re-accepted into the Union. In 1864 he moved to Chicago where he worked in the real estate business. In 1868 he returned to Arkansas, which had been re-admitted to the Union that year.

In 1868, Rogers was elected to the US House of Representatives in the second district of Arkansas, where he replaced Republican James T. Elliott on March 4, 1869 . Since he was defeated by the Republican Oliver P. Snyder in the next congressional elections in 1870 , he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1871 . After serving in Congress, Rogers was the post office owner at Pine Bluff from 1881 to 1885 . Otherwise he continued to work in trade. In 1888 he moved to Los Angeles, where he spent his old age. He died there in July 1899.

Web links

• Anthony AC Rogers in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Anthony Rogers AC in the database of Find a Grave (English)