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Samuel Dagnell Rodgers

Member From: 1920 - 1949

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  • Birth Date: August 10, 1874 Birth Place:Prince Edward County, Virginia
  • Death Date: September 4, 1962
  • Gender: Male Race: Caucasian
  • Spouse: Elizabeth James Barksdale (m. 1917, d. 1952)
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  • Religion: Presbyterian
  • Education: Hampden-Sydney College
  • Military Service:
  • Occupation/Profession: Historian and newspaper work
  • Memberships/Affiliations: Presbyterian Church (elder) Masons (former District Deputy Grand Master, district No. 29; former Master Petersburg Lodge No. 15) A.F. & A.M. Petersburg Union Royal Arch Chapter No. 7 Appomattox Commandery No. 6 Knights Templar Shrine (Acca Temple) Independent Order of Odd Fellows (former Grand Master, of Virginia) Sons of Confederate Veterans (former division commander) Staff of General Homer Atkinson Commander in Chief U.C.V. (rank of brigadier general) Hospital relief work during World War I The Bayonet, Camp Lee Weekly paper during World War I (business manager) Author of "The Siege of Petersburg, 1864-65" Collated material for "Petersburg in the World War" Assisted in compiling Virginia World War History Author of other historical writings Virginia World War II History Commission (vice chairman)
Session District District Number Party Leadership Committees
1920 City of Petersburg Democrat Asylums and Prisons
Enrolled Bills
Finance
Militia and Police
1922-1923 City of Petersburg Democrat Asylums and Prisons
Finance
Moral and Social Welfare
1923 Ex. City of Petersburg Democrat Asylums and Prisons
Finance
Moral and Social Welfare
1924 City of Petersburg Democrat Asylums and Prisons
Finance
Moral and Social Welfare
1926-1927 City of Petersburg Democrat Moral and Social Welfare (Chair)
Asylums and Prisons
Finance
1927 Ex. City of Petersburg Democrat Moral and Social Welfare (Chair)
Asylums and Prisons
Finance
1928 City of Petersburg Democrat Moral and Social Welfare (Chair)
Asylums and Prisons
Finance
1930 City of Petersburg Democrat Moral and Social Welfare (Chair)
Asylums and Prisons
Finance
1932-1933 City of Petersburg Democrat Asylums and Prisons (Chair)
Finance
Moral and Social Welfare
1933 Ex. City of Petersburg Democrat Asylums and Prisons (Chair)
Finance
Moral and Social Welfare
1934 City of Petersburg Democrat Asylums and Prisons (Chair)
Finance
Moral and Social Welfare
1936-1937 City of Petersburg Democrat Finance (Chair)
Asylums and Prisons
Moral and Social Welfare
1938 City of Petersburg Democrat Finance, Auditing (Chair)
Asylums and Prisons
Moral and Social Welfare
1940 City of Petersburg Democrat Finance (Chair)
Asylums and Prisons
Auditing
Moral and Social Welfare
1942 City of Petersburg Democrat Auditing, Finance (Chair)
Asylums and Prisons
Moral and Social Welfare
1944-1945 City of Petersburg Democrat Finance, Auditing (Chair)
Asylums and Prisons
Moral and Social Welfare
1945 City of Petersburg Democrat Finance, Auditing (Chair)
Asylums and Prisons
Moral and Social Welfare
1946-1947 City of Petersburg Democrat Finance (Chair)
Asylums and Prisons
Auditing
Moral and Social Welfare
1947 City of Petersburg Democrat Finance (Chair)
Asylums and Prisons
Auditing
Moral and Social Welfare
1948 City of Petersburg Democrat Finance (Chair)
Asylums and Prisons
Auditing
Moral and Social Welfare

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