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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Paul G. Rogers |
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West Palm Beach, Florida , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
June 04, 1921
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| Died | October 13, 2008
(87 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Feb 22, 2022 03:43pm |
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| Info | Representative from Florida; born in Ocilla, Irwin County, Ga., June 4, 1921; at the age of four years moved with his parents to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of Florida at Gainesville, in 1942; during the Second World War served in the Field Artillery, United States Army, with service in the European Theater; studied law at George Washington University, Washington, D.C., in 1946, and graduated from the University of Florida in 1948; was admitted to the bar in 1948 and commenced the practice of law in West Palm Beach, Fla.; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Congress, by special election, January 11, 1955, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, Dwight L. Rogers; reelected to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from January 11, 1955, to January 3, 1979; was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law; member of the board of Merck & Co. and Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York; is a resident of West Palm Beach, Fla.
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