Andrew Jackson Rogers was an American

United States

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 lawyer, teacher, clerk, police commissioner and Democratic Party

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 politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives

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 from 1863-1867.

Biography

Born in Hamburg, New Jersey

Hamburg, New Jersey

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, Rogers attended common schools as a child. He was employed as a clerk in a hotel and a country store, engaged in teaching for two years, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1852, commencing practice in Lafayette, New Jersey

Lafayette Township, New Jersey

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. He moved to Newton, New Jersey

Newton, New Jersey

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 in 1857 and continued to practice law.

He was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives

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 in 1862, serving in office from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1867. As a congressman, he served on the Joint Committee on Reconstruction

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 which drafted the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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.

After being unsuccessful for reelection, Rogers moved to New York City

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 in 1867 and became counsel

Counsel

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 for the city in important litigation. He moved to Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

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 in 1892 and served as police commissioner

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 of Denver. He returned to New York City in 1896 and died there on May 22, 1900. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery

Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx

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 in New York City.

External links

. Includes Guide to Research Collections where his papers are located.

• Andrew Jackson Rogers at The Political Graveyard
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