Biography

07/22/1751 - 04/07/1824

ROGERS, Rev. William, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, July 22, 1751 in Newport, Newport County, RI; graduated, Rhode Island College (now Brown University), 1769; A.M., University of Pennsylvania, 1773; A.M, Yale University, 1780; A.M., Princeton University, 1786; D.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1790; chaplain, Pennsylvania Militia (1776-1778, Revolutionary War); brigade chaplain, United States Army (1778-1781, Revolutionary War); school principal; minister, First Baptist Church, Philadelphia (1772-1775); professor, English, University of Pennsylvania (1789-1811); elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1816-1817 term; reelected to the House as a Democrat for the 1817-1818 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1820); died, April 7, 1824 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.