Anthony A. C. Rogers
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{For|the New Zealand politician|Rufus Rogers}}
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|state = Arkansas
|district = {{ushr|AR|2|2nd}}
|term_start = March 4, 1869
|term_end = March 3, 1871
|predecessor = James T. Elliott
|successor = Oliver P. Snyder
|birth_date = {{birth date|1821|2|14}}
|birth_place = Clarksville, Tennessee, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1899|7|27|1821|2|14}}
|death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S
|party = Democratic
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Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers (February 14, 1821 – July 27, 1899) was an American politician. He served one term in the House of Representative from Arkansas from 1869 to 1871.
Biography
Born in Clarksville, Tennessee, Rogers received a limited schooling. He engaged in mercantile pursuits.
He moved to Arkansas in 1854. An opponent of Secession, he was a candidate of supporters of the Union as a delegate to the State convention in 1861. He was arrested for his loyalty, imprisoned, and forced to give bond to answer the charge of "treason against the Confederate Government."
Rogers was elected to the 38th United States Congress, but was not allowed to take his seat, his State not having been readmitted. In 1864, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, and engaged in the real estate business. He returned to Arkansas in 1868.
Rogers was elected as a Democrat to the 41st Congress, March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1871. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the 42nd Congress. He was postmaster at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, from January 7, 1881, to July 24, 1885, and again engaged in mercantile pursuits.
In 1888, he moved to Los Angeles, where he died the following year at the age of 78. He is interred in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery.
References
- {{Bioguide}}
- {{Biographical Directory of Congress|R000388}}
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Category:19th-century American businesspeople
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
Category:American businesspeople in real estate
Category:American prisoners and detainees
Category:Burials at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery
Category:Businesspeople from Tennessee
Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas
Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives who owned slaves
Category:People charged with treason
Category:People from Clarksville, Tennessee