Education
Providence College.
Providence College.
In 1969, he was elected Mayor of New Bedford. Defeating Brian J. Lawler, the son of former Mayor Francis J. Lawler. In 1971, Rogers lost his reelection campaign to attorney John A. Markey.
In 1974, Rogers returned to New Beford politics as a Councilor-at-Large.
Later that year he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate. In 1978, Rogers was convicted of conspiracy to steal and bribe.
He was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $5,000. In 1980, Rogers was once again elected Councilor-at-Large, a position he held until 1999 when he returned to the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Rogers was defeated in the 2002 Democratic primary by Freetown, Massachusetts Selectman Mark A. Howland.
Rogers" defeat came months after he was accused of showing gay porn to a minor. He would eventually be found not guilty of disseminating pornography to a minor. Rogers returned to the New Beford City Council in 2003.
He ran for the Democratic nomination for his old House seat in 2004, finishing third behind Stephen Canessa and Mark A. Howland.
Rogers served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1965 to 1970.
