Biography

12/12/1865 - 1917

Judge Elliott Rodgers (R42) Allegheny (Part) County 1907-1910 

Early Life:

Judge Elliott Rodgers, born December 12 , 1865, Allegheny City, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; son of Thomas Livingston and Clara Scott Rodgers; public school education; Pittsburgh Academy; admitted, Allegheny County bar, 1887; attorney; employed, corporation department office, Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1887-1890; engaged law practice, Pittsburgh; married, Eleanor Van Voorhis Dauler, 1892; elected, solicitor, city of Allegheny, 1896-1901; appointed, vacancy, judge, Court of Common Pleas No. 2, Allegheny County; elected, judge, Court of Common Pleas No. 2, Allegheny County, full term of ten years, 1901, resigned the judgeship, March 1, 1905; resumed the practice of law, Rodgers, Blakeley and Calvert, 1905; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate 1906. Death is presumed to have occurred, 1917. Burial location unknown.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, solicitor, city of Allegheny, 1896-1901. 

Appointed, vacancy, judge, Court of Common Pleas No. 2, Allegheny County; elected, judge, Court of Common Pleas No. 2, Allegheny County, full term of ten years, 1901, resigned the judgeship, March 1, 1905.

Elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 42nd district, Allegheny (Part) County, 1907-1910; committee assignments, Judicial Apportionment (Chairman), Judiciary General, Municipal Affairs, Public Grounds and Buildings, Public Supply of Light, Heat and Water.

Cited:

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

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1910). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 993, 1000-1003, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 974.