John Jacob Rogers | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1913 – March 28, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Butler Ames |
| Succeeded by | Edith Nourse Rogers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 18, 1881 Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | March 28, 1925(1925-03-28) (aged 43) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Profession | Attorney |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | September 12, 1918 – November 29, 1918 |
| Rank | Private |
| Commands | Twenty-ninth Training Battery, Tenth Training Battalion, Field Artillery, Fourth Central Officers’ Training School |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
John Jacob Rogers (August 18, 1881 – March 28, 1925) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromMassachusetts from 1913 until his death in office in 1925.
His wife,Edith Nourse Rogers, succeeded him in Congress and served for 35 years.
Rogers was born inLowell, Massachusetts, and graduated fromHarvard University in 1904 and fromHarvard Law School in 1907. Hepracticed law in Lowell, starting in 1908.
Rogers was a member of the Lowellcity government in 1911 and school commissioner in 1912.
He was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-third and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death.
During theFirst World War, Rogers enlisted on September 12, 1918, as aprivate with the Twenty-ninth Training Battery, Tenth Training Battalion, Field Artillery, Fourth Central Officers’ Training School, and served until honorably discharged on November 29, 1918.
Rogers is remembered as "The father of the Foreign Service" due to his sponsorship of the 1924 Foreign Service Act, also known as theRogers Act.[1]
Rogers died inWashington, D.C., ofHodgkins' disease on March 28, 1925.[2] While a later biography would say that he died ofappendicitis[3] his obituary noted that "Rep. Rogers was operated on for appendicitis last July 14."[2] He was interred atLowell Cemetery in Lowell, Massachusetts.
His wife, Edith Nourse Rogers, who would end up being the longest serving female of Congress for over 60 years, succeeded him in Congress.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 5th congressional district 1913–1925 | Succeeded by |
