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A. A. Rogers or A. A. Rodgers was a state legislator in Mississippi. He was a representative of Marshall County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875. He was a Republican, and African American. In 1873, he served in the state Republican convention. He aligned with the temperance movement, and voted to sustain the governor's veto of a bill relating to liquor.

Eric Foner lists him as A. A. Rodgers in Freedom's Lawmakers. He is listed with the same name in a Vicksburg Times article in 1873.

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

References

1. "Journal". 1874.
2. "A. A. Rogers – Against All Odds".
3. "House". Clarion-Ledger. 27 January 1875. p. 2.
4. ^ "State convention: The good work completed". Vicksburg Times. Jackson, MS. 2 September 1873. p. 2.
5. Journal of the House of Representatives of Mississippi. Pilot Publishing Company. 1875. p. 323.

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