Andrew J. Rogers

Andrew Jackson Rogers (July 1, 1828 – May 22, 1900) was an American lawyer, teacher, clerk, police commissioner and Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms from 1863 to 1867.

He was employed as a clerk in a hotel and a country store, engaged in teaching for two years, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1852, commencing practice in Lafayette Township, New Jersey.

He was also part of the House Committee that looked into the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

Afterwards, Rogers accused him of being involved in an attempt to cover-up Edwin M. Stanton's role in the assassination.

[1] As a Congressman, Rogers served on the Joint Committee on Reconstruction which drafted the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.