Almoth Dowden Rogers

Full Name: Almoth Dowden Rogers
Date of birth: March 12, 1866
Date of death: December 15, 1931

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	50	Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915	33rd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Decatur / Wise		Wise
H	80	Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913	32nd	Democrat	Decatur / Wise		Wise

(1) Mentioned in "Candidates for Speakership," 10/11/1912. Wichita Daily Times.

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House District 50
Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 12, 1915
Legislatures: 33rd ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Decatur / Wise
Counties in district: Wise

House District 80
Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913
Legislatures: 32nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Decatur / Wise
Counties in district: Wise

(1) Mentioned in "Candidates for Speakership," 10/11/1912. Wichita Daily Times.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 359-362. Birth date 3/12/1866 in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, mother Jennie Allen of Georgia, marriage to Lila Stone, 10/1/1889. Elected Wise County Treasurer in 1898 for four years. Pioneer History of Wise County: From Red Men to Railroads - Twenty Years of Intrepid History, 1907.

Other Resources

Almoth Dowden Rogers, birth date 3/12/1866, death date 12/15/1931. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Obituary, Almoth Dowden Rogers, 12/16/1931, p. 16, died in San Antonio 12/15/1931; "Rogers Funeral to Be Held Today: Former Legislator Dies After Paralytic Stroke," 12/16/1931, p. 22. San Antonio Express.
Biographical information, p. 53. Wise County Treasurer, four years a member of the Texas Legislature. The Terrells: Eighty-Five Years Texas from Indians to Atomic Bomb, 1948.
33rd Legislature (1913) - A.D. Rogers, postoffice Decatur, nativity Mississippi, age 43, farmer, member of former legislatures: 32nd, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual.
"Rogers of Decatur to Run Against Stephens" (13th District, U.S. Congress), 9/15/1911, p. 2. Wichita Weekly Times.

Photographs

Photograph. A.D. Rogers, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. AD Rogers, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

32nd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

33rd R.S. - 1913 Banks and Banking Commerce and Manufactures Conduct of Newspaper Representatives, Investigate Counties Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts Internal Improvements State Asylums
32nd R.S. - 1911 Agriculture Education Insurance Judicial Districts Representative Districts

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