Joseph O. Rogers Jr. | |
Birth Date: | 8 October 1921 |
Birth Place: | Mullins, South Carolina, U.S. |
Office1: | Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives |
Term Start1: | 1955 |
Term End1: | 1966 |
Office2: | United States Attorney for the Eastern District of South Carolina |
Term Start2: | 1969 |
Term End2: | 1970 |
Predecessor2: | Terrell L. Glenn Sr. |
President2: | Richard Nixon |
Party: | Democratic Republican[1] |
Alma Mater: | College of Charleston The Citadel University of South Carolina School of Law |
Joseph O. Rogers Jr. (October 8, 1921 – April 6, 1999) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives.[2]
Rogers was born in Mullins, South Carolina, the son of Lila McDonald and Joseph Oscar Rogers. He attended Charleston High School, the College of Charleston, The Citadel and the University of South Carolina School of Law.[3]
In 1955, Rogers was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives, serving until 1966, when he was a Republican candidate for governor of South Carolina, losing against Robert Evander McNair.[4]
In 1969, Rogers served as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of South Carolina, serving until 1970.
Rogers died in April 1999, at the age of 77.