James Rogers (congressman)

James Rogers ( * October 24, 1795 in Union County, South Carolina, † December 21, 1873 ) was an American politician. Between 1835 and 1843 he represented twice the state of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Rogers was born in 1795 on the family's plantation "Orange Hall "; Today this area is part of the Goshen Hill Township. After a good primary education he studied until 1813 at the South Carolina College in Columbia, later the University of South Carolina emerged from the. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began in York to work in his new profession. In the following years, he held in his home several local offices. He was also a member of the state militia of South Carolina, in which he brought it up to major general.

Politically, Rogers joined the movement to President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party, founded by this. Unlike most politicians of his native Rogers joined during the Nullifikationskrise not John C. Calhoun and the separatist movement. Rogers remained part of the Union and Jackson's supporters. For this reason he had to give up his general posts in the state militia.

In the congressional elections of 1834, he was - in spite of his attitude during the Nullifikationskrise - in the eighth constituency of South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1835, the successor of Richard Irvine Manning. Since he was defeated in the elections of 1836 John Peter Richardson, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1837. Two years later, in the elections of 1838, he managed to regain his seat in the House of Representatives. So that he could once again represented the eighth district of his home state in Congress from March 4, 1839 March 3, 1841. In 1840 he was elected for the ninth district, which he represented between 4 March 1841 to 3 March 1843 the House of Representatives. He was the last representative of the district, which was then dissolved. His last legislative session was dominated by discussions about a possible annexation since 1836 the independent Republic of Mexico Texas. In 1842, Rogers gave up a candidate in another district.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, James Rogers retired to his plantation, which he managed until his death in 1873. Politically, he is no more have appeared. The house on his plantation was in 1929 a tornado victim.