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Woodville Jefferson Rogers Full Name: Woodville Jefferson Rogers, Jr. Date of birth: July 13, 1890 Date of death: September 25, 1952 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 S 5 Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 13, 1925 38th (1) (2)   37th (3)   38th (1) (2)   Democrat McKinney / Collin Senate President Pro Tempore (38th)   Collin, Hunt, Rains H 41 Jan 9, 1917 - Oct 31, 1917 35th (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)   Democrat Melissa / Collin   Collin H 41 Jan 12, 1915 - Jan 9, 1917 34th   Democrat Melissa / Collin   Collin (1) 38th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected in the absence of the President and President Pro Tem 2/24/1923, Regular Session. Senate Journal. (2) 38th Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/9/1923, p. 1. Senate Journal. (3) 37th Legislature - List of State Senators Elected at the General Election Held November 2nd, 1920, oath of office administered, 1/11/1921, pp. 2-3. Senate Journal. (4) Personnel of the New Texas Legislature, House of Representatives, 12/17/1916, p. 23, lists Woodville Rogers, Melissa, Collin County. Galveston Daily News. (5) Resolution granting leaves of absence to members who enlisted for military service, pp. 155-156. House Journal. (6) Woodville Rogers of McKinney, residence in Collin County, pp. 2, 5. House Journal. (7) Jerome H. Sneed, in special election 2/15/1918, sworn 2/26/1918, succeeded Woodville J. Rogers, Jr., vacated office as reported 10/31/1917. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (8) Melissa, Collin County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (9) "Trench Fights Rage Daily at Camp Funston," 8/1/1917, "Legislators Leave Camp." Myron G. Blalock, E.R. Spencer, Wallace Hawkins, George Peddy, and Harry Fisher, all in military training at Camp Funston, left the camp on Tuesday, 7/31/1917 to attend impeachment proceedings against Governor Ferguson. Another member, Woodall Rogers, also at the Camp, "has been transferred to Fortress Monroe and in all probability cannot attend the session." San Antonio Light. (10) Melissa. Texas Legislative Manual.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Selected Newspaper articles Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, 1934 Members of the American Bar from San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, law firm of Moursund, Johnson, Rogers, & Slatton. OoCities.org (GeoCities.com), 2009. Memorial, May 1953, p. 356. Birth date 7/13/1892; death date 9/25/1952. Texas Bar Journal. Military Service Notes United States Army, Second Lieutenant CAC and ASSRC, World War I. Woodville Jefferson Rogers, birth date 7/13/1890 in Manchester, Tennessee. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin). Woodville Rogers, lawyer and member of Texas Legislature, age 26, from Melissa, Texas. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. United States Army Air Force, Second Lieutenant, World War I. Memorial, May 1953, p. 356. Texas Bar Journal. Other Resources Photo and obituary, "Woodville Rogers, Prominent Texas Demo Leader Dies," 9/26/1952, p. 1. Brownwood Bulletin. "Candidate for State Senator: Woodville J. Rogers of McKinney, Collin County, seeks place in Fifth District," 3/19/1920, p. 5. Commerce Journal. "To the Voters of the Fifth Senatorial District," 7/16/1920, p. 1. Commerce Journal. Census of 1900 - John H. Rogers of Collin County. Son Woodville born in July of 1890. FamilySearch. Woodville Jefferson Rogers, birth date 7/13/1890 in Tennessee, death date 9/25/1952 in Olmos Park, Bexar County. Interment in Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. "Woodville Rogers, Demo Leader, Dies," 9/26/1952, p. 1. Lubbock Evening Journal. General notes and ancestors of Woodville Jefferson Rogers: birth date 7/27/1890; death date 9/1952. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service. Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News. Photographs Photograph. Woodville Rogers, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Woodville Rogers, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Woodville Rogers, 35th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Woodville Rogers, 34th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 37th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 38th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board. 34th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 35th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 38th R.S. - 1923 Contingent Expense (Chair)  Educational Affairs   Finance   Insurance and Banking (Vice Chair)  Military Affairs   Public Printing   Rules (Chair)  State Affairs   Texas Employer's Insurance Association, Investigate (Chair)  37th R.S. - 1921 Criminal Jurisprudence   Educational Affairs   Educational Affairs Subcommittee on Corpus Christi School Census   Enrolled Bills (Vice Chair)  Finance   Military Affairs (Vice Chair)  Public Health   Public Printing (Chair)  Representative Districts   35th R.S. - 1917 Enrolled Bills   Liquor Traffic   Reforms in Civil Procedure   Reforms in Criminal Procedure   34th R.S. - 1915 Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair)  Internal Improvements   Judiciary   Reforms in Civil Procedure   Reforms in Criminal Procedure

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