James Rogers (congressman)

James Rogers (October 24, 1795 - December 21, 1873) was a United States Representative from South Carolina. He was born in what is now Goshen Hill Township, Union County, South Carolina. He completed preparatory studies and was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia, South Carolina, in 1813. Later, he studied law and was admitted to the bar and began practice in Yorkville (now York), South Carolina.

Rogers held various local offices before he was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress. Years later, he was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843). He died in South Carolina, on December 21, 1873, and was buried in what was formerly called the Irish Graveyard at Kings Creek A.R.P. Church near Newberry, South Carolina.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Richard Irvine Manning I
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 8th congressional district

1835-1837
Succeeded by
John Peter Richardson II
Preceded by
Waddy Thompson, Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 9th congressional district

1841-1843
Succeeded by
District ceased