John Rogers

Who was John Rogers?

John Rogers was a Representative from New York. He was born in Caldwell, New York on May 9, 1813. He completed preparatory studies, then moved to Black Brook, Clinton County, in 1832 and engaged in the manufacture of iron. He was supervisor of the town of Black Brook for ten years and held other local offices. Rogers was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress. He then resumed manufacturing activities. He died at the “Rogers Place,” near Fort Edward, Washington County, N.Y., May 11, 1879; interment in the family burial ground on his estate at Moreau, near Fort Henry, New York.