His racist opponents launched a campaign against him using the slogan "Redeem McIntosh County.
[5] He resigned in 1907[6] when a bill to disenfranchise African Americans passed in Georgia's legislature.
[7] It was signed in 1907 by Georgia governor Hoke Smith.
[7] Rogers sent his resignation letter directly to Smith.
[5][8] In 1908, the Macon Telegraph stated that Rogers would be "perhaps the last [negro] that will have had a seat in the General Assembly of Georgia.