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Thomas Jones Rogers (1781 – December 7, 1832) was a Democratic-Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1818 to 1823 and for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1823 to 1824.

Early life[edit]

Thomas J. Rogers (father of William Findlay Rogers) was born in Waterford, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1784 with his parents, who settled in Easton, Pennsylvania. He learned the printing trade and was editor and owner of the Northampton Farmer from 1805 to 1814.[1]

Career[edit]

He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 8th district from 1815 to 1818.[2] Rogers was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Ross. He was reelected to the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Congresses and served until April 20, 1824, when he resigned.

He served as a trusteeofLafayette College from 1826 to 1832.[3] He was a register and recorder of deeds for Northampton 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 of Philadelphia.[4]

He died in New York City in 1832 and was interred at the New Market Street Baptist Church Graveyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was reinterred to the Glenwood Cemetery in Philadelphia in 1851[5] and again to the Glenwood Memorial GardensinBroomall, Pennsylvania.[6]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Pennsylvania State Senate - Thomas Jones Rogers Biography". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  • ^ Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "R"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ Heller, William J. (1920). History of Northampton County, Pennsylvania. New York: The American Historical Society. p. 291. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  • ^ Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "Rogers, S to T". www.politicalgraveyard.com. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  • ^ "Thomas Jones Rogers". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
  • Sources[edit]

    Pennsylvania State Senate
    Preceded by

    Henry Jarrett

    Member of the Pennsylvania Senate, 8th district
    1815-1818
    Succeeded by

    John Erwin

    U.S. House of Representatives
    Preceded by

    John Ross
    Samuel D. Ingham

    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district

    1818–1823
    1818–1822 alongside: Samuel Moore
    1822–1823 alongside: Samuel D. Ingham
    Succeeded by

    Robert Harris

    Preceded by

    John Tod

    Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
    from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district

    1823–1824
    alongside: Samuel D. Ingham
    Succeeded by

    Samuel D. Ingham
    George Wolf


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