{"id":225,"date":"2018-07-10T19:23:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T00:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=225"},"modified":"2026-03-01T06:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T12:57:57","slug":"a-a-rogers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/a-a-rogers\/","title":{"rendered":"A. A. Rogers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-226\" src=\"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rogers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rogers.png 290w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rogers-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>A. A. Rogers (Marshall County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1874-1875<\/p>\n<p>Served on the House committees for Public Works and the Executive Contingent Fund. He could be the Adam &#8220;Bolly&#8221; Rogers, born c. 1840 in South Carolina, who worked as a farmer in Byhalia on the 1870 and 1880 censuses. Until I can find more information about A. A. Rogers, I am unable to identify him in records with any degree of confidence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4771\" style=\"width: 499px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4771\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rogers.png\" alt=\"Signature of A. A. Rogers\" width=\"499\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rogers.png 802w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rogers-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rogers-768x152.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signature of A. A. Rogers from an 1874 petition to Governor Ames<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4777\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/charles-caldwell\/petition-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4777\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4777\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/petition-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"Petition to Governor Ames, Feb 12, 1874\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/petition-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/petition-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Petition to Governor Ames, Feb 12, 1874\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6567\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/a-a-rogers\/schools\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6567\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6567\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/schools-150x150.png\" alt=\"The Clarion, February 18, 1875\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/schools-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/schools-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Clarion, February 18, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5928\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5928\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/a-a-rogers\/the_weekly_mississippi_pilot_1875_02_20_page_2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5928\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5928\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Mississippi_Pilot_1875_02_20_Page_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Weekly Mississippi Pilot, February 20, 1875\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Mississippi_Pilot_1875_02_20_Page_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Mississippi_Pilot_1875_02_20_Page_2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Mississippi Pilot, Feb 20, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5923\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5923\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/a-a-rogers\/the_weekly_mississippi_pilot_1875_02_27_page_8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5923\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5923\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Mississippi_Pilot_1875_02_27_Page_8-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Weekly Mississippi Pilot, Feb 27, 1875\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Mississippi_Pilot_1875_02_27_Page_8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Weekly_Mississippi_Pilot_1875_02_27_Page_8-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Mississippi Pilot, Feb 27, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2143\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/a-a-rogers\/rogers-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2143 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/rogers-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/rogers-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/rogers-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Mississippi Pilot, August 1, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2130\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2130\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/j-w-randolph\/resolution\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2130 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/resolution-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/resolution-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/resolution-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily Mississippi Pilot, August 1, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A. A. Rogers (Marshall County) State House:\u00a01874-1875 Served on the House committees for Public Works and the Executive Contingent Fund. He could be the Adam &#8220;Bolly&#8221; Rogers, born c. 1840 in South Carolina, who worked as a farmer in Byhalia on the 1870 and 1880 censuses. Until I can find more information about A. A. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/a-a-rogers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A. A. 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