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Thomas J. Rogers

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American politician
For other people with the same name, seeThomas Rogers (disambiguation).

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.

Early life

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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]

Career

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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]

Notes

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  1. ^"Pennsylvania State Senate - Thomas Jones Rogers Biography".www.legis.state.pa.us. RetrievedMarch 9, 2019.
  2. ^Cox, Harold."Senate Members "R"".Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  3. ^Skillman, David Bishop (1932).The Biography of a College: Being the History of the First Century of the Life of Lafayette College. Easton, Pennsylvania: Lafayette College.
  4. ^Heller, William J. (1920).History of Northampton County, Pennsylvania. New York: The American Historical Society. p. 291. RetrievedMarch 9, 2019.
  5. ^Kestenbaum, Lawrence."Rogers, S to T".www.politicalgraveyard.com. The Political Graveyard. RetrievedJanuary 8, 2022.
  6. ^"Thomas Jones Rogers".www.findagrave.com. RetrievedMarch 9, 2019.

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Pennsylvania State Senate
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
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