Wynne Grey Rogers

Wynne Grey Rogers (December 26, 1874 – September 15, 1946) was a Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from November 27, 1922 to September 15, 1946.[1][2]

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to judge and state legislator Owen Wynne Rogers, whose brother was Louisiana Attorney General Walter Henry Rogers,[1] Rogers graduated from Tulane University Law School[3] in 1985.[4] Rogers was a district judge for two years prior to his election to the state supreme court.[3] He had earlier been a partner in the Tiche & Rogers law firm.[4]

Rogers taught in Tulane University's College of Law. During World War I, Rogers was a member of Louisiana's branch of the Four Minute Men.[4]

On September 15, 1946,[4] Rogers died in Baptist Hospital in New Orleans from a heart ailment, at the age of 71.[1][3]

References
  1. "Wynne Grey Rogers (1874 – 1946)". Louisiana Supreme Court. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. "Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813-Present". Louisiana Supreme Court. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  3. "Wynne G. Rogers, Supreme Court Justice, Dies", Alexandria Weekly Town Talk (September 21, 1946), p. 7.
  4. "La. Justice Rogers dies in Orleans". The Times. Louisiana, Shreveport. September 16, 1946. p. 1. Retrieved August 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.


Political offices
Preceded by
Court reconfigured		 Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
1922–1946		 Succeeded by
Nathaniel W. Bond


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