Ernest E. Rogers

{{short description|American politician}}

File:Ernest E. Rogers.jpg in 1928.|Rogers at the White House in 1928.]]

Ernest Elias Rogers (December 6, 1866 – January 28, 1945) was an American politician who was the 81st Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1929 to 1931.[https://web.archive.org/web/20071026194408/http://www.cslib.org/agencies/lieutenantgovernor.htm www.cslib.org]

Along with Rogers' political pursuits, he was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, serving as the organization's President General from 1927 until 1928{{cite web |url=http://www.sar.org/NSSAR-Presidents-General |title=NSSAR Presidents General {{!}} National Society, Sons of the American Revolution |website=www.sar.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026172249/http://www.sar.org/NSSAR-Presidents-General |archive-date=2011-10-26}} Rogers died of a heart attack during Sunday church service in 1945, aged 78."Former Lt Gov. Ernest E. Rogers Is Dead At 78", Naugatuck Daily News, Monday, January 29, 1945, Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States Of America He was also a mayor of New London, Connecticut.{{Cite book|last=Marshall|first=Benjamin Tinkham|title=A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut, Volume 1|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|year=1922|location=New London, Connecticut|pages=238}}