Thomas Jones Rogers (1781 – December 7, 1832) was a Democratic-Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1818 to 1823 and for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 1823 to 1824.

Early life

Thomas J. Rogers (father of William Findlay Rogers) was born in

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, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1784 with his parents, who settled in

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. He learned the printing trade and was editor and owner of the '' Northampton Farmer'' from 1805 to 1814.

Career

He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 8th district from 1815 to 1818. Rogers was elected as a Republican to the

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Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Ross. He was reelected to the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Congresses and served until April 20, 1824, when he resigned. He served as a

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from 1826 to 1832. He was a register and

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for Northampton County, Pennsylvania, from 1828 to 1830. He served as brigadier general in the State militia and as an officer in the United States Revenue Customs at the port of

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. He died in New York City in 1832 and was interred at the New Market Street Baptist Church Graveyard in

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. He was reinterred to the Glenwood Cemetery in Philadelphia in 1851 and again to the

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