Edward Rogers (representative) explained

Edward Rogers
State:New York
Term Start:March 4, 1839
Term End:March 3, 1841
Predecessor:Seat created
Successor:A. Lawrence Foster
Birth Date:30 May 1787
Birth Place:Cornwall, Connecticut, U.S.
Death Place:Galway, New York, U.S.
Resting Place:Madison Cemetery, Madison, New York
Party:Democratic
Children:Hezekiah Gold Rogers

Edward Rogers (May 30, 1787 – May 29, 1857) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1839 to 1841.

Biography

Born in Cornwall, Connecticut, Rogers completed preparatory studies and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1809. He moved to New York State around the close of the War of 1812 and obtained his degree from Yale College. Subsequently, he pursued studies in law, gaining admission to the bar and commencing practice in Madison, New York.

Political career

He served as delegate to the State convention to revise the constitution in 1822.He served as judge of the court of common pleas for Madison County.

Congress

Rogers was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841).

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law.He also engaged in literary pursuits.

He died in Galway, New York on May 29, 1857, and was interred in Madison Cemetery.

Family

He was the father of Hezekiah Gold Rogers, the United States charge d'affaires in Sardinia from 1840-41.