John Rankin Rogers
John R. Rogers | |
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3rd Governor of Washington | |
In office January 13, 1897 – December 26, 1901 | |
Lieutenant | Thurston Daniels Henry McBride |
Preceded by | John H. McGraw |
Succeeded by | Henry McBride |
Member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 33rd district | |
In office January 14, 1895 – January 11, 1897 | |
Preceded by | John O. Edwards |
Succeeded by | Joseph C. Kincaid |
Personal details | |
Born | John Rankin Rogers September 4, 1838 Populist (until 1900) |
Spouse | Sarah L. Greene (1840–1909) |
Profession | druggist, educator, farmer, politician |
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John Rankin Rogers (September 4, 1838 – December 26, 1901) was an American politician who served as the third governor of Washington from 1897 to 1901. Elected as a member of the People's Party before switching his affiliation to the Democratic Party, Rogers was elected to two consecutive terms in 1896 and 1900, but died before completing his fifth year in office.
Biography
Early years
John R. Rogers was born September 4, 1838, in Brunswick, Maine, the son of Margaret Anne (Green) and John Rogers.[1]
Rogers went to
In 1876 the family relocated to Kansas to farm and Rogers was later an editor of the Kansas Commoner for several years in Wichita, and was an organizer within the Farmers' Alliance. Rogers moved to Washington in 1890 and settled in Puyallup, where he operated a drug store.
Political career
Rogers was elected to the
John R. Rogers authored many books, pamphlets and articles[2] that followed a Populist and Arcadian Agrarian spirit. Growing up in New England when Jeffersonian ideals were talked about frequently was a strong influence on his political future.
Death and legacy
Rogers served as governor from January 11, 1897, until his death from lobar pneumonia on December 26, 1901, at age 63.[2] Rogers is buried in the Woodbine Cemetery in Puyallup.
Two high schools in the state are named for Rogers, on either side of the
Footnotes
- ^ "The National Cyclopedia of American Biography ... V.1-". 1904.
- ^ a b c John Rankin Rogers Papers, 1814-1926," Archived 2006-08-29 at the Wayback Machine Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
- ^ OurCampaigns.com-John Rankin Rogers
- ^ Rogers, John Rankin. Homes for the Homeless. An Argument in Favor of a Non-taxable Homestead. Seattle: Allen Printing, 1895.
- ^ Spokesman-Review - Fast blaze ruins Pullman stadium - 1970-04-06 - p.1
Further reading
- David B. Griffiths, "Far-Western Populist Thought: A Comparative Study of John R. Rogers and Davis H. Waite," Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 60, no. 4 (Oct. 1969), pp. 183–192. In JSTOR.
- R. Douglas Hurt, "John R. Rogers: The Union Labor Party, Georgism, and Agrarian Reform." Journal of the West, vol. 16 (January 1977), pp. 10–15.
- Edmond S. Meany, Governors of Washington: Territorial and State. Seattle: University of Washington, 1915.
External links
- Examination of the Barefoot Schoolboy Act at Washington Secretary of State website