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]

  1. ^ a b c "Wynne Grey Rogers (1874 – 1946)". Louisiana Supreme Court. Archived from the original on 2019-06-09. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813-Present". Louisiana Supreme Court. Archived from the original on 2019-06-08. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Wynne G. Rogers, Supreme Court Justice, Dies", Alexandria Weekly Town Talk (September 21, 1946), p. 7.
  4. ^ a b c d "La. Justice Rogers dies in Orleans". The Times. Louisiana, Shreveport. September 16, 1946. p. 1. Retrieved August 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.