Rogers was elected as a Democrat from Arkansas 's 3rd congressional district and Arkansas 's 4th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 48th United States Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses , serving from March 4 , 1883 to March 3 , 1891 . He was Chairman of the Committee on Mileage for the 50th United States Congress . He declined to be a candidate for renomination . He resumed private practice in Fort Smith from 1891 to 1896 . He was a member of the Democratic state convention in 1892 . He was a delegate to the 1892 Democratic National Convention
1892 Democratic National Convention
1892 Democratic National Convention
John Henry Rogers