Career
Rogers, the eldest child of the Honorary He graduated from Yale College in 1831. He studied law and began practice in Pittsburgh, Pa, and in 1837 was one of the delegates from Alleghany County to the convention for the revision of the Pennsylvania Constitution.
In June, 1840, he was appointed charge d"affaires to Sardinia by President Martin Van Buren, but showing symptoms of mental derangement he was superseded in November, 1841, and returned to his father"s house.
During his later life he was a wanderer. He died in the county alms-house in Lancaster, Pa, March 19, 1882, in his 72d year.