Byron G. Rogers

Byron G. Rogers (1969)

Byron Giles Rogers (born August 1, 1900 in Greenville , Hunt County , Texas , † December 31, 1983 in Denver , Colorado ) was an American politician . Between 1951 and 1971 he represented the first constituency of the state of Colorado in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In April 1902, Byron Rogers moved to the Oklahoma Territory with his parents . He attended the public schools in Checotah . During the First World War , Rogers was a soldier in the US Army . After the war he continued his education at the University of Arkansas (1918), the University of Oklahoma (1919-1922) and at the University of Colorado (1923-1924). After studying law at the University of Denver and being admitted to the bar in 1925, Rogers began working in his new profession in Las Animas (Colorado). Between 1929 and 1933 he was the legal representative of this community.

Politically, Rogers was a member of the Democratic Party . From 1932 to 1935 he was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives ; in 1933 he was President of the House. Since 1933, he was also a district attorney in Bent County . He then worked until 1934 as a legal advisor for the federal government. He advised two authorities involved in overcoming the global economic crisis , namely the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and the National Recovery Administration . Between 1934 and 1936 he served as the assistant attorney general for Colorado and from 1936 to 1941 Byron was the attorney general attorney general for the state of Colorado; in this office he succeeded Paul P. Prosser . Between 1942 and 1945 he was a member of the War Labor Board .

In 1950 Rogers was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first district of Colorado , where he replaced John A. Carroll on January 3, 1951 . After he was confirmed in the following elections, he was able to complete a total of ten legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1971 . For the election of 1970 he was no longer nominated by his party. After his tenure in Congress ended, Rogers retired from politics. He spent his old age in Denver, where he died on December 31, 1983.

Web links

• Byron G. Rogers in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Byron G. Rogers in the database of Find a Grave (English)