Byron G. Rogers
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Byron Giles Rogers (August 1, 1900 - December 31, 1983) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.
Born in Greenville, Texas, Rogers moved with his parents to Oklahoma in April 1902. He attended the public schools of Checotah, Oklahoma. During the First World War served as a private in the Infantry, United States Army. He attended the University of Arkansas in 1918, the University of Oklahoma 1919-1922, and the University of Colorado 1923 and 1924. He was graduated from the law school of the University of Denver, LL.B., 1925, and commenced the practice of law in Las Animas, Colorado. City attorney of Las Animas 1929-1933. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1932-1935, serving as speaker in 1933. County attorney of Bent County, Colorado, in 1933. On legal staff of Agricultural Adjustment Administration and National Recovery Administration, Washington, D.C., in 1933 and 1934. He served as assistant United States attorney of Colorado 1934-1936, and attorney general 1936-1941. Public member War Labor Board 1942-1945.
Rogers was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1971). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress. He was a resident of Denver, Colorado until his death there December 31, 1983. He was interred in Mount Lindo Cemetery near Tiny Town, Colorado.
