Rogers Caldwell

Rogers Caldwell (January 25, 1890 – October 8, 1968) was an American businessman and banker from Tennessee.

He was the president of the Tennessee Hart-Parr Company, which sold tractors in the Southern United States, mechanizing agriculture, and the president of the Kentucky Rock and Asphalt company, which built infrastructure and roads in Tennessee.

With his friend and business associate politician Luke Lea, he owned newspapers in Tennessee.

His Hogan Road mansion south of Nashville was later seized by the state of Tennessee and turned into what is now the Ellington Agricultural Center.

[citation needed] Rogers Caldwell was born on January 25, 1890, in Nashville, Tennessee.

His marketshare grew after World War I by insuring construction company engaged in building infrastructure and roads in the South.

With politician Luke Lea, he acquired banks and two newspapers, Memphis Commercial Appeal and the Knoxville Journal.

When Henry Horton, Lea's friend and business associate, became Governor of Tennessee in 1927, Caldwell and Lea received no-bid contracts to build highways in the state with their Kentucky Rock and Asphalt company.

"[2] Caldwell was sued in the Chancery Court of Davidson County, Tennessee in December 1930.