Hal Rogers

Hal Rogers
Official portrait, 2018
46th Dean of the United States House of Representatives
Assumed office
March 18, 2022
Preceded byDon Young
Chair of the House Appropriations Committee
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017
Preceded byDave Obey
Succeeded byRodney Frelinghuysen
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 5th district
Assumed office
January 3, 1981
Preceded byTim Lee Carter
Commonwealth Attorney of Pulaski and Rockcastle Counties
In office
1969–1981
Preceded byHomer Neikirk
Succeeded byLester Burns
Personal details
Born
Harold Dallas Rogers

(1937-12-31) December 31, 1937 (age 86)
Barrier, Kentucky, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Shirley McDowell
(m. 1958; died 1995)
Cynthia Doyle
(m. 1999)
Children3
EducationUniversity of Kentucky (BA, LLB)
WebsiteHouse website
Military service
Branch/service

Harold Dallas Rogers (born December 31, 1937) is an American lawyer and politician serving his 22nd term as the U.S. representative for Kentucky's 5th congressional district, having served since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party. Upon Don Young's death in 2022, Rogers became the dean of the House of Representatives.

Born in Barrier, Kentucky, Rogers graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degree. He entered private practice after serving in the National Guard for the states of Kentucky and North Carolina. In 1969, he became the commonwealth's attorney for the counties of Pulaski and Rockcastle, an office he would hold until his election to Congress. In 1979 he was the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor.

After incumbent U.S. Representative Tim Lee Carter announced his retirement in 1980, Rogers launched a campaign for Kentucky's 5th congressional district. He won the primary with a plurality of the vote and went on to easily win the general election. As his district is considered a Republican stronghold, Rogers has won reelection with over 65% of the vote in every election since 1980, with the sole exception of 1992.