- Henry Wade Rogers
Henry Wade Rogers (
October 15 ,1853 -August 16 ,1926 ) was aJudge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1913 to 1926.Biography
Rogers was born in upstate
New York State and studied at theUniversity of Michigan . He practiced law for several years in various locations includingMinnesota andNew Jersey before becoming a lawprofessor . Rogers' academic career included serving as the Dean of the Law Department of theUniversity of Michigan , President ofNorthwestern University , and Dean of theYale Law School .In 1913,
President Woodrow Wilson nominated Rogers to a seat on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Rogers was confirmed and served on the court for 13 years. Rogers was a methodical judge known, according to the biography ofLearned Hand by ProfessorGerald Gunther , for writing extremely long opinions; Hand apparently did not regard him highly. He died in 1926 and was succeeded byThomas Swan .External links
* [http://www.library.northwestern.edu/archives/findingaids/henry_rogers.pdf Henry Wade Rogers Papers, Northwestern University Archives, Evanston, Illinois]
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