About W. H. Rogers
W. H. Rogers was an American politician.
Political career
Rogers was elected to represent McIntosh County, Georgia in the 99th Georgia State Assembly and took office in 1902. He ran for re-election in 1904 and 1906, winning both elections.
He resigned in 1907 when a bill to disenfranchise African Americans passed in Georgia's legislature. It was signed in 1907 by Georgia governor Hoke Smith. In 1908, the Macon Telegraph stated that Rogers would be "perhaps the last [negro] that will have had a seat in the General Assembly of Georgia." until 1963 when Leroy Johnson was elected to the Georgia Senate.
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