Terms of Service

• Senate, 59th & 58th ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
  1/8/1963 - 1/10/1967
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 57th & 56th Legislatures
  1/13/1959 - 1/8/1963
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, 2nd C.S., elected 6/17/1959; and Ad Interim 2nd C.S., elected 7/16/1959.
• Senate, 55th & 54th Legislatures
  1/11/1955 - 1/13/1959
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 53rd ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/13/1953 - 1/11/1955
  Democrat
  
• House, 52nd Legislature
  1/9/1951 - 1/13/1953
  Democrat
  
• House, 51st Legislature
  1/11/1949 - 1/9/1951
  Democrat
  

(1) 58th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/9/1963, p. 16. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 53rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/14/1953, pp. 16-17. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 67th Legislature, R.S., SCR 23. Death date 9/12/1980. Resolutions - Memorial .
• Message from Acting Governor Andy Rogers expressing thanks to the Legislature (Governor for a Day), 56th Legislature, 2nd C.S., 7/9/1959, p. 111. Senate Journal .

Photographs

• Photograph. Andrew J. Rogers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. A.J. Rogers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Andy Rogers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Andy Rogers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Andy Rogers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Andy Rogers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. A.J. "Andy" Rogers, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. Andy Rogers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Andy Rogers, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Andy Rogers, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Andrew Jacob Rogers, birth date 12/24/1924 in Fort Worth, student, residence and draft registration in Childress, Childress County, 12/29/1942. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947. Ancestry.com .
• Obituary, "Former Sen. Rogers, 55, Dies After Lengthy Illness," 9/14/1980, p. B10. Austin American-Statesman .
• United States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, World War II. Military grave marker, Andrew J. Rogers, State Legislature, birth date 12/24/1924, death date 9/13/1980 on grave marker, obituary, interment in Childress Cemetery, Childress, Childress County. Find a Grave .
• United States Army Air Force. Photo and salute. With Honor and Gratitude: A Special Thank You to Our Texas Senate Members Who Served Our Country 2017.

Committee Information

• 59th R.S. - 1965
• Agriculture and Livestock (Chair) 
• Constitutional Amendments (Vice Chair) 
• Education  
• Faculty Compensation in State-Supported Colleges and Universities (Chair) 
• Finance  
• Game and Fish  
• Interstate Cooperation  
• Military and Veterans Affairs  
• Nominations  
• Public Health  
• State Affairs  
• Transportation  
• Water and Conservation  
• 58th R.S. - 1963
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Constitutional Amendments (Chair) 
• Education  
• Military and Veterans Affairs  
• Nominations  
• State Affairs  
• Transportation  
• Water and Conservation  
• 57th R.S. - 1961
• Agriculture and Livestock (Vice Chair) 
• Cost of Government  
• Education (Chair) 
• Finance  
• Game and Fish  
• Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts  
• Military and Veterans Affairs  
• Nominations  
• Transportation  
• Water and Conservation  
• 56th R.S. - 1959
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Education  
• Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts  
• Military and Veterans Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• Transportation  
• Water and Conservation  
• 55th R.S. - 1957
• Agriculture and Livestock  
• Education  
• Legislative, Congressional and Judicial Districts (Vice Chair) 
• Military and Veterans Affairs  
• Transportation  
• Water and Conservation  
• 54th R.S. - 1955
• Agriculture (Vice Chair) 
• Education  
• Internal Improvements (Vice Chair) 
• Military and Veterans Affairs  
• Public Printing  
• Representative Districts  
• Stock and Stock Raising (Chair) 
• Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage  
• 53rd R.S. - 1953
• Agricultural Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Educational Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• Internal Improvements  
• Military and Veterans' Affairs  
• Public Printing  
• Stock and Stock Raising (Chair) 
• Water Rights, Irrigation and Drainage  
• 52nd R.S. - 1951
• Agriculture  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Enrolled Bills (Chair) 
• Highways and Roads  
• Insurance  
• 51st R.S. - 1949
• Agriculture  
• Appropriations  
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Highways and Roads  
• Labor