John H. Rogers (Arkansas politician)

John Henry Rogers (October 9, 1845 - April 16, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.

Born near Roxobel, North Carolina, Rogers moved to Mississippi in 1852 with his parents, who settled near Madison Station.He attended the common schools. Joined the Ninth Mississippi Volunteer Regiment, Confederate service, as a private in March 1862.He was promoted to first lieutenant in the same regiment and served throughout the war.He attended Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1868.He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Canton, Mississippi.He moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1869 and practiced law.

Rogers was elected circuit judge in 1877.He was reelected in 1878 and resigned in May 1882.

Rogers was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1891).He served as chairman of the Committee on Mileage (Fiftieth Congress).He declined to be a candidate for renomination.He resumed the practice of law in Fort Smith, Arkansas.He served as member of the Democratic State convention in 1892.He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1892.He was appointed United States district judge for the western district of Arkansas by President Cleveland on November 27, 1896, and served until his death in Little Rock, Arkansas, on April 16, 1911.He was interred in Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Arkansas.

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