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B.F. Rogers Full Name: Benjamin Franklin Rogers Date of birth: December 9, 1847 Date of death: Deceased, date unknown Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 13 Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 10, 1899 25th (1)   24th (2)   Democrat Palestine / Anderson   Anderson, Cherokee, Houston, Trinity H 29 Jan 10, 1893 - Jan 8, 1895 23rd   Democrat Palestine / Anderson   Anderson H 9 Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893 22nd   Democrat Palestine / Anderson   Anderson (1) 25th Legislature - 1/12/1897, p. 1, listed on "roll of hold-over Senators." Senate Journal. (2) 24th Legislature - 1/8/1895, p. 1, listed in "roll of Senators' elect . . . President then administered the oath of office to the above Senators." Senate Journal.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Portrait and biographical sketch. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. Biographical sketch. Texas State Government: a Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897. Photographs Photograph. B.F. Rogers, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. B.F. Rogers, 23rd Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission Photograph. B.F. Rogers, 23rd Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. B.F. Rogers, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. B.F. Rogers, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 24th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 25th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board. 22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. 23rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. 23rd session composite photo of House members by Hill (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. 23rd session composite photo of House members by Journeay (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 25th R.S. - 1897 Agricultural Affairs (Chair)  Contingent Expenses   Education   Enrolled Bills (Chair)  Finance   Internal Improvements   Investigation Relative to Missing Amendment to S.B. No. 258 - Text-book Bill, Special   Judiciary No. 1   Labor   Penitentiaries   Penitentiaries, Correction and Reformatory   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Lands   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Affairs   Stock and Stock Raising   24th R.S. - 1895 Agricultural Affairs (Chair)  Commerce and Manufactures   Contingent Expenses   Counties and County Boundaries   Education   Finance   General Land Office   Internal Improvements   Labor   Officers and Employes, Special (Chair)  Penitentiaries   Public Buildings and Grounds   Public Lands   State Affairs   23rd R.S. - 1893 Agricultural Affairs   Commerce and Manufactures (Chair)  Finance   Internal Improvements   Public Printing   State Affairs   22nd R.S. - 1891 Commerce and Manufactures   Constitutional Amendments   Counties and County Boundaries   Finance   Internal Improvements   Judiciary No. 2   Private Land Claims (Chair)  State Printing at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Investigate, Special   Texas World's Fair Exhibition (Chair)

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