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Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/MD.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="455.61.77">Rogers, Victor</a> — of Beaumont, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1988/TX.html">1988</a>. Still living as of 1988. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="498.58.25">Rogers, W. A.</a> — of Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/MC-lived.html">Macon County</a>, N.C. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Macon County, 1905-06, 1921-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="670.19.06">Rogers, W. C.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indian Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/IT.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="667.73.75">Rogers, W. C.</a> — of Hibbing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/hibbing.html">Mayor of Hibbing, Minn.</a>, 1950-51. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="579.12.37">Rogers, W. D.</a> — of Waynesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/GR-lived.html">Greene County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/PA.html">1872</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="456.91.54">Rogers, W. Erle</a> — of Geneva, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-lived.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/geneva.html">Mayor of Geneva, N.Y.</a>, 1952-57. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="750.59.94">Rogers, W. H.</a> — Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/CA.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="444.35.49">Rogers, W. L.</a> — of Conroe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Tex. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/conroe.html#2">Conroe, Tex.</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="883.74.61">Rogers, W. Leslie</a> — of Pennsauken, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CA-lived.html">Camden County</a>, N.J. Republican. Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/pr1940-election.html">1940</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/NJ.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/NJ.html">1964</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="987.92.06">Rogers, W. O.</a> — of Norwich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Progressive. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Norwich, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="406.56.35">Rogers, W. Scott</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/MR-lived.html">Mercer County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Mercer County, 1948. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="785.00.04">Rogers, Waldo Henry</a> (1908-1964) — Born in Las Vegas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/SM-born.html">San Miguel County</a>, N.M., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/05-17.html">May 17, 1908</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NM/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for New Mexico</a>, 1954-64; died in office 1964. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/01-12.html">January 12, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/55.html">55 years, 240 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2043&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/rogers-waldo-henry">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="533.94.27">Rogers, Wallace G., Jr.</a> — of Middleburg Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/OH.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="596.82.38">Rogers, Walter</a> — of White Plains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/whiteplains.html">Mayor of White Plains, N.Y.</a>, 1936-37. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="774.17.92">Rogers, Walter</a> — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/TX.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/TX.html">1948</a> (alternate). Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="144.25.97">Rogers, Walter C.</a> — of Bath, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/SA-lived.html">Sagadahoc County</a>, Maine. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/bath.html">Mayor of Bath, Maine</a>, 1941, 1945. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="183.09.22">Rogers, Walter Edward</a> (1908-2001) — also known as Walter Rogers — of Pampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GA-lived.html">Gray County</a>, Tex.; Naples, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CO-lived.html">Collier County</a>, Fla. Born in Texarkana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ML-born.html">Miller County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/07-19.html">July 19, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Texas</a> 18th District, 1951-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/TX.html">1956</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/TX.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/TX.html">1964</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-phi-epsilon.html">Sigma Phi Epsilon</a>. He was in the motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963 when President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#288.06.12">John F. Kennedy</a> was assassinated. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> in Naples, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/CO-died.html">Collier County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/05-31.html">May 31, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 316 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000404">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409371">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="270.77.66">Rogers, Walter G.</a> — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/lansing.html#2">Lansing, Mich.</a>, 1922-35 (acting, 1922). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="497.49.66">Rogers, Walter H.</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/LA.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/LA.html">1892</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="426.30.63">Rogers, Ward</a> — of Colorado. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Colorado</a> 1st District, 1940. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="180.14.50">Rogers, Warren</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Genesee County 2nd District, 1910. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="301.73.51">Rogers, Watson Merrick</a> (1844-1911) — also known as Watson M. Rogers — of Watertown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y. Born in Cape Vincent, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/12-03.html">December 3, 1844</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/nysc.html">Justice of New York Supreme Court</a> 5th District, 1902-11; died in office 1911. Slipped and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/falls.html">fell</a> on an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">icy</a> sidewalk, suffered a head injury, and died three weeks later, in Watertown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/02-01.html">February 1, 1911</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 60 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/JF-buried.html#cms00025">Brookside Cemetery</a>, Watertown, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Fordyce M. Rogers and Eleanor (Van Ostrand) Rogers; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/08-05.html">August 5, 1874</a>, to Mary Adele Webster; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmons-salzman.html#640.25.25">James Rodes Saltonstall</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>..</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/40856958">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="723.59.55">Rogers, Wayne</a> — of Annapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-lived.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MD.html">2000</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MD.html">2004</a>; Democratic Presidential Elector for Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/pr2016-meeting.html">2016</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#754.43.91">Hillary Clinton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kabzinski-kanczuzewski.html#258.17.10">Tim Kaine</a>). Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="665.58.97">Rogers, Wilbur F.</a> — of Meriden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Meriden, 1912. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="926.85.03">Rogers, Will</a> (1898-1983) — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born near Bessie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/WS-born.html">Washita County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/12-12.html">December 12, 1898</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oklahoma</a> at-large, 1933-43; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Oklahoma</a>, 1943. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/fc-died.html">Falls Church</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/08-03.html">August 3, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 234 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FX-buried.html#cms04349">National Memorial Park</a>, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000405">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409372">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Rogers, Will See <a href="#836.31.50">William Vann Rogers Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="028.60.77">Rogers, Willard B.</a> (born c.1889) — of South Manchester, Manchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born about 1889. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Manchester, 1917-20. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="520.02.77">Rogers, William</a> — of Annapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AA-lived.html">Anne Arundel County</a>, Md. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/annapolis.html">Mayor of Annapolis, Md.</a>, 1745-49. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="345.61.40">Rogers, William</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OT-lived.html">Ontario County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Ontario County, 1808-09. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="162.65.72">Rogers, William</a> — of Branford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Branford, 1831. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="197.04.99">Rogers, William</a> — of Green River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WY/SW-lived.html">Sweetwater County</a>, Wyo. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/WY.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="284.59.31">Rogers, William</a> — of Pretty Prairie, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/RE-lived.html">Reno County</a>, Kan. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/RE-parties.html">Chair of Reno County Democratic Party</a>, 2011. Still living as of 2011. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="259.78.33">Rogers, William A.</a> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Ohio. Whig. Delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio, 1839. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="875.87.40">Rogers, William A.</a> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NB-consuls.html ">Campbellton</a>, as of 1917-22. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="244.61.52">Rogers, William B.</a> — of Trenton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/GU-lived.html">Grundy County</a>, Mo. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 5th District, 1869-72; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/MO.html">1884</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="715.37.47">Rogers, William B.</a> — of Montana. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Montana</a>, 1898-1902. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="070.82.67">Rogers, William C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ST-lived.html">Steuben County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Steuben County, 1845-46. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="290.60.32">Rogers, William C.</a> — of La Crosse, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/LC-lived.html">La Crosse County</a>, Wis. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/lacrosse.html#2">La Crosse, Wis.</a>, 1861-62. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="206.82.36">Rogers, William D.</a> — of Kentucky. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 6th District, 1940, 1946. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="730.01.01">Rogers, William F.</a> — of Honesdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WN-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Pa. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/honesdale.html#3">Honesdale, Pa.</a>, 1841-42. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="400.56.10">Rogers, William Findlay</a> (1820-1899) — also known as William F. Rogers — of New York. Born near Easton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NO-born.html">Northampton County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/03-01.html">March 1, 1820</a>. Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/buffalo.html">mayor of Buffalo, N.Y.</a>, 1868-69; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 32nd District, 1883-85; defeated, 1886. Died in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-died.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/12-16.html">December 16, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 290 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-buried.html#cms00118">Forest Lawn Cemetery</a>, Buffalo, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers8.html#396.52.72">Thomas Jones Rogers</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000407">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409373">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Findlay Rogers">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="389.48.72">Rogers, William H.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Wayne County 2nd District, 1865-66. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="539.34.95">Rogers, William H.</a> — of Arkansas. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1868/AR.html">1868</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> 1st District, 1874. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="416.10.98">Rogers, William H.</a> (1850-1935) — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/DA-lived.html">Dane County</a>, Wis. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/03-15.html">March 15, 1850</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/madison.html">Mayor of Madison, Wis.</a>, 1891-93. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/11-26.html">November 26, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 256 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="895.86.04">Rogers, William Horsey</a> — also known as William H. Rogers — of Delaware. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Delaware</a>, 1843-49. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="864.46.81">Rogers, William J., Jr.</a> — of New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NY.html">1904</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="039.29.75">Rogers, William J.</a> — of Michigan. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 9th District, 1910, 1914; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 3rd District, 1916. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="422.68.25">Rogers, William J.</a> — of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/OH.html">1940</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/OH.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/OH.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/OH.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="027.52.61">Rogers, William J.</a> (b. 1930) — of Kaukauna, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/OU-lived.html">Outagamie County</a>, Wis. Born in Appleton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/OU-born.html">Outagamie County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/12-09.html">December 9, 1930</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">school teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/asmbly.html">Wisconsin state assembly</a>, 1963-75. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Still living as of 1975. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="969.54.82">Rogers, William M.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CV-lived.html">Calaveras County</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 8th District, 1853-54. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="070.29.89">Rogers, William Nathaniel</a> (1892-1945) — also known as William N. Rogers — of Wakefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CA-lived.html">Carroll County</a>, N.H. Born in Sanbornville, Wakefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CA-born.html">Carroll County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/01-10.html">January 10, 1892</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/sthse.html">New Hampshire state house of representatives</a>, 1917, 1919, 1921; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 1st District, 1923-25, 1932-37; defeated, 1918, 1924; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Hampshire</a>, 1936. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-psi.html">Phi Kappa Psi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died in Wolfeboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CA-died.html">Carroll County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/09-25.html">September 25, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 258 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/CA-buried.html#cms01914">Lovell Lake Cemetery</a>, Sanbornville, Wakefield, N.H. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Herbert E. Rogers and Lilian A. (Sanborn) Rogers.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000408">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409374">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="024.74.64">Rogers, William O.</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a> 6th District, 1924-35. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="167.77.52">Rogers, William P.</a> — of Mississippi. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VR-consuls.html ">Veracruz</a>, 1849-52. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="720.36.49">Rogers, William Pierce</a> (1913-2001) — also known as William P. Rogers — Born in Norfolk, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-born.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/06-23.html">June 23, 1913</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Attorney General</a>, 1957-61; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of State</a>, 1969-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>. Received the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Medal of Freedom</a> in 1973. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">congestive heart failure</a>, in Suburban <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/01-02.html">January 2, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 193 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AR-buried.html#cms00004">Arlington National Cemetery</a>, Arlington, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William P. Rogers">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/312/000059135">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/wprogers.htm">Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="901.81.64">Rogers, William R.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-lived.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Passaic County, 1918-20. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="177.56.45">Rogers, William R.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/br-lived.html">Bristol</a>, Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/bristol.html">Mayor of Bristol, Va.</a>, 1937-38; resigned 1938. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="392.06.85">Rogers, William Simpson, Jr.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/SP-lived.html">Spartanburg County</a>, S.C. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a> from Spartanburg County, 1925-26. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="357.26.59">Rogers, William T.</a> — of Doylestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-lived.html">Bucks County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/doylestown.html#3">Doylestown, Pa.</a>, 1821-29; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a>, 1832-40 (5th District 1832-36, 4th District 1836-40). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="836.31.50">Rogers, William Vann, Jr.</a> (1911-1993) — also known as Will Rogers, Jr. — of Culver City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/10-20.html">October 20, 1911</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 16th District, 1943-44; resigned 1944; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/CA.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amerind.html">Cherokee Indian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot</a>, in in Tubac, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/SC-died.html">Santa Cruz County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/07-09.html">July 9, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 262 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/SC-buried.html#cms04759">Tubac Cemetery</a>, Tubac, Ariz. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Will Rogers and Betty (Blake) Rogers; brother of Jimmy Rogers; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/05-26.html">May 26, 1941</a>, to Collier Connell.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000406">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409375">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0736688">Internet Movie Database profile</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="578.03.89">Rogers, Wilson</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Erie County 4th District, 1859. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="777.97.46">Rogers, Winfield S.</a> — of Litchfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Litchfield; elected 1920. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scott9.html#486.08.94">Winfield Scott</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="363.73.86">Rogers, Woodville J.</a> — of San Antonio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/BX-lived.html">Bexar County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/TX.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/TX.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="547.53.91">Rogers, Y. W.</a> — of Center, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/SY-lived.html">Shelby County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/center.html">Mayor of Center, Tex.</a>, 1938-40, 1942-48. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. 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