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  Rogers, Sion H.
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AffiliationConservative   
NameSion H. Rogers
Address Wake County
Raleigh, North Carolina , United States
EmailNone
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Born September 30, 1825
DiedAugust 14, 1874 (48 years)
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Last ModifedRBH
Aug 14, 2015 03:45pm
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InfoROGERS, Sion Hart, a Representative from North Carolina; born near Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., September 30, 1825; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1846; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Raleigh.

U.S. House (W-NC) 1853-1855; declined to be a candidate for renomination

Solicitor of the Raleigh district of the superior court; served in the Confederate Army as a lieutenant in the Fourteenth Regiment of North Carolina State Troops in 1861; was commissioned colonel of the Forty-seventh North Carolina Infantry April 8, 1862; resigned January 5, 1863, upon being elected attorney general of the State of North Carolina

Attorney General (C-NC) 1863-1868.

Candidate for US House (C-NC) 1868

U.S. House (C-NC) 1871-1873; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872

Died in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., on August 14, 1874; interment in the City Cemetery.

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  08/01/1872 NC - District 04 Lost 48.65% (-2.71%)
  08/04/1870 NC - District 04 Won 51.66% (+3.31%)
  11/03/1868 NC - District 04 Lost 47.81% (-4.37%)
  04/23/1868 NC Attorney General Lost 44.20% (-11.50%)
  12/05/1865 NC Attorney General Won 51.57% (+3.77%)
  12/17/1862 NC Attorney General Won 70.90% (+41.79%)
  01/31/1861 NC US Senate Lost 7.48% (-50.34%)
  08/04/1853 NC District 04 Won 38.94% (+0.63%)
  12/17/1852 NC Attorney General Lost 3.29% (-38.97%)
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