Thomas Jones Rogers

Thomas Jones Rogers (* 1781 in Waterford , Ireland , †  December 7, 1832 in New York City ) was an Irish- American politician . Between 1818 and 1824 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1784 Thomas Rogers and his parents came to Easton , Pennsylvania from their Irish homeland . He later completed an apprenticeship in the printing trade. Between 1805 and 1814 he published the Northampton Farmer newspaper. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party . After the resignation of MP John Ross , Rogers was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on March 3, 1818. After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on April 20, 1824 . There he initially represented the sixth and from 1823 the eighth constituency of his state.

Between 1826 and 1832, Thomas Rogers was the curator of Lafayette College . He was also a clerk in Northampton County from 1828 to 1830 . He also became a Brigadier General of the State Militia. Eventually he was named the federal government Naval Officer for the Port of Philadelphia. He died in New York on December 7, 1832. His son William (1820-1899) was a member of Congress for New York State .

Web links

• Thomas Jones Rogers in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
John Ross	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (6th constituency) with Samuel Moore March 3, 1818 - March 3, 1823	Robert Harris
John's death	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (8th constituency) with Samuel D. Ingham March 4, 1823 - April 20, 1824	George Wolf