Thomas Jones Rogers (1781 – December 7, 1832) was aDemocratic-Republican member of theU.S. House of Representatives forPennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1818 to 1823 and forPennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1823 to 1824.
Thomas J. Rogers (father ofWilliam Findlay Rogers) was born inWaterford, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1784 with his parents, who settled inEaston, Pennsylvania. He learned the printing trade and was editor and owner of theNorthampton Farmer from 1805 to 1814.[1]
He was a member of thePennsylvania State Senate for the8th district from 1815 to 1818.[2] Rogers was elected as a Republican to theFifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofJohn Ross. He was reelected to theSixteenth,Seventeenth, andEighteenth Congresses and served until April 20, 1824, when he resigned.
He served as atrustee ofLafayette College from 1826 to 1832.[3] He was a register andrecorder of deeds forNorthampton County, Pennsylvania, from 1828 to 1830. He served as brigadier general in the State militia and as an officer in the United States Revenue Customs at the port ofPhiladelphia.[4]
He died in New York City in 1832 and was interred at the New Market Street Baptist Church Graveyard inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. He was reinterred to the Glenwood Cemetery in Philadelphia in 1851[5] and again to theGlenwood Memorial Gardens inBroomall, Pennsylvania.[6]
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| Preceded by Henry Jarrett | Member of thePennsylvania Senate,8th district 1815-1818 | Succeeded by John Erwin |
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 6th congressional district 1818–1823 1818–1822 alongside:Samuel Moore 1822–1823 alongside:Samuel D. Ingham | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 8th congressional district 1823–1824 alongside:Samuel D. Ingham | Succeeded by |
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