James Rogers (October 24, 1795 – December 21, 1873) was a

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from

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. He was born in what is now Goshen Hill Township,

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. He completed preparatory studies and graduated from

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, 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

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(March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the

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. 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

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1795 births 1873 deaths Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina People from Union County, South Carolina People from York, South Carolina 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{SouthCarolina-politician-stub