Biography

02/14/1885 - 08/18/1958

William B. Rodgers II (D40) Allegheny (Part) County 1935-1938

Early Life:

William B. Rodgers II, born February 14, 1885, Belleview, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; son of Captain William B. Rodgers and Alice Ophelia Jackson Rodgers; married, Flora Barr Rodgers, children, Ruth R. Rodgers McCrady, John N Rodgers, Matthew Jackson Rodgers; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1935-1938; appointed, executive director, State Emergency Relief Board; president, Pittsburgh Coal Exchange; died, August 18, 1958 (aged 73), Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interment, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 40th district, Allegheny (Part) County, 1935-1938.

Appointed, executive director, Governor Gifford Pinchot, State Emergency Relief Board.

Legacy:

Father, Captain William B. Rodgers, responsible for the completion of the lock and dam system from Pittsburgh, down the Ohio River to Cairo. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "R"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University. 

Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) · Wednesday, August 20, 1958 · Page 20. 

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