John Jacob Rogers

John Jacob Rogers (August 18, 1881 – March 28, 1925) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1913 until his death in office in 1925.

His wife, Edith Nourse Rogers, succeeded him in Congress and served for 35 years.

Rogers was a member of the Lowell city government in 1911 and school commissioner in 1912.

He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death.

[1] Rogers died in Washington, D.C., of Hodgkins' disease on March 28, 1925.

Edith Nourse Rogers