Clement Vann Rogers ( 1839 – 1911 ) was a Cherokee senator and judge in Indian Territory . Clem Rogers ' parents were both mixed-blood Cherokees who moved to Indian Territory in 1832 , several years before the Trail of Tears . Before the American Civil War , Clem allied with the " Treaty Party " , a Cherokee faction that supported signing the Treaty of New Echota . When the Civil War broke out , Clem enlisted in the Confederate Army , and served under General Stand Watie . After the war , he became active in Cherokee politics , first elected as a judge in the Cooweescoowee District , then served five terms in the Cherokee Senate . He later served as a delegate to the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention . Rogers was the father of entertainer Will Rogers
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Clement V. Rogers