William N. Rogers

William Nathaniel Rogers (January 10, 1892 – September 25, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.

William Nathaniel Rogers
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st district
In office January 5, 1932 – January 3, 1937
Preceded by	Fletcher Hale
Succeeded by	Arthur B. Jenks
In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925
Preceded by	Sherman Everett Burroughs
Succeeded by	Fletcher Hale
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
In office 1917 1919 1921
Personal details
Born	January 10, 1892 Sanbornville, New Hampshire
Died	September 25, 1945(1945-09-25) (aged 53) Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
Political party	Democratic

Born in Sanbornville, New Hampshire, Rogers attended the public schools, Brewster Free Academy in Wolfeboro, and Dartmouth College in Hanover. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Maine at Orono in 1916. He was admitted to the bar the same year and practiced in Sanbornville and Rochester, New Hampshire. He served as member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1917, 1919, and 1921.

Rogers was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth Congress. He resumed the practice of his profession in Concord, New Hampshire. He was Moderator of the town of Wakefield, New Hampshire from 1928 to 1945.

Rogers was elected January 5, 1932, to fill the vacancy in the Seventy-second Congress caused by the death of Fletcher Hale. He was reelected to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses and served from January 5, 1932, to January 3, 1937. He was not a candidate for renomination, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1936.

He resumed the practice of law in Concord until 1943, when he moved to Sanbornville, and continued practice until his death in Wolfeboro, September 25, 1945. He was interred in Lovell Lake Cemetery, Sanbornville.

References

• United States Congress. "William N. Rogers (id: R000408)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• William N. Rogers at Find a Grave

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Party political offices
Preceded by Albert W. Noone	Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (Class 2) 1936	Succeeded by Francis P. Murphy
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Sherman Everett Burroughs	U.S. Representative for the 1st District of New Hampshire March 4, 1923–March 3, 1925	Succeeded by Fletcher Hale
Preceded by Fletcher Hale	U.S. Representative for the 1st District of New Hampshire January 5, 1932–January 3, 1937	Succeeded by Arthur B. Jenks