Henry C. Rogers

Henry C. Rogers ( – May 8, 1871), sometimes written as H.C. Rogers, was a Minnesota politician, an early settler of Mower County, Minnesota, and a veteran of both the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. During his political career in Minnesota Rogers served in the Minnesota Legislature in both the Minnesota House of Representatives and Minnesota Senate. Rogers later served as the fourth Minnesota Secretary of State from January 8, 1866 to January 7, 1870.

Early life Rogers was born in 1834 in Danby in Rutland County, Vermont, his parents were Aaron Rogers Jr. and Comfort Stimson Rogers.

On November 14, 1862 appointed as the Lieutenant Colonel of the 8th Minnesota Infantry Regiment under Colonel Minor T. Thomas. Sully's Expedition was a punitive expedition led by Alfred Sully in response to the Dakota War. Rogers would ultimately take part in the Battle of Killdeer Mountain and the Battle of the Badlands along with the rest of the regiment.

Postwar career and death Immediately following the war Rogers continued to serve in the field of Minnesota politics, most notably serving as the Minnesota Secretary of State, later from 1869 to 1870 he was appointed as the pension agent of Minnesota. In 1867 Rogers successfully defeated Amos Coggswell in the 1867 Minnesota Secretary of State election. Due to failing health from his injuries sustained at Murfreesboro, Rogers decided against seeking reelection in the 1869 Minnesota Secretary of State election, which was won by Minnesota Republican politician Hans Mattson.

Like many American Civil War veterans, Rogers died on May 8, 1870 due to his wound he received at Murfreesboro . Rogers is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Brownsdale, Minnesota.