Edward Rogers (politician)

Edward Rogers (born May 30, 1787 in Cornwall , Connecticut , † May 29, 1857 in Galway , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1839 and 1841 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Rogers was born in Litchfield County about four years after the Revolutionary War ended . He completed his preliminary studies. In 1809 he graduated from Williams College in Williamstown . At the end of the British-American War he moved to New York. Rogers graduated from Yale College . He studied law . After receiving his license to practice law, he began practicing in Madison . In 1822 he took part as a delegate to the State Convention for the purpose of revising the New York Constitution . He was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas in Madison County . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the 1838 congressional elections for the 26th Congress , Rogers was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 23rd  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Bennet Bicknell and William Taylor on March 4, 1839 , who previously together represented the 23rd district in the US House of Representatives. He retired from the after March 3, 1841 Congress of.

After his time at Congress he went back to his practice as a lawyer. He also devoted himself to literary work. He died in Galway about four years before the civil war broke out and was then buried in the Madison cemetery of the same name.

Web links

• Edward Rogers in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Edward Rogers in the database of Find a Grave (English)