Clement Vann Rogers was a Cherokee

Cherokee

The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...

 senator and judge in Indian Territory

Indian Territory

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. Rogers was a Confederate veteran and served as a delegate to the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention

Oklahoma Constitution

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. Rogers was the father of entertainer Will Rogers

Will Rogers

William "Will" Penn Adair Rogers was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s....

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Rogers County, Oklahoma

Rogers County, Oklahoma

Rogers County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2010, the population was 86,905. Its county seat is Claremore. The county was originally created in 1906 and named Cooweescoowee...

 is named in honor of Clement Rogers.

Clement Vann Rogers's parents, Robert Rogers and Sallie Vann, "came from Georgia before the main removal of the Cherokees in 1838." Sallie Vann was a sister of David Vann

David Vann (Cherokee leader)

David Vann was a sub-Chief who was elected Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation in 1839, 1843, 1847 and 1851....

, who was related to the Cherokee chief James Vann

James Vann

James Vann was an influential Cherokee leader, one of the triumvirate with Major Ridge and Charles R. Hicks, who led the Upper Towns of East Tennessee and North Georgia. He was the son of Wah-Li Vann, a mixed-race Cherokee woman, and a Scots fur trader...

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"Clem became associated with the brilliant Cherokee leader, William Penn Adair

William Penn Adair

William Penn Adair was a Cherokee leader and Confederate colonel.-Background:William Penn Adair was born on April 15, 1830 in the old Cherokee Nation in New Echota, Georgia. His parents were George Washington Adair and Martha Adair. He attended Cherokee schools in Indian Territory, studying law....

", and named his son William Penn Adair Rogers after him.
Clem served as a member of the Cherokee Senate during the years 1862-63.
In 1891 Clem was President of the Cherokee Livestock Association.
"Clem's political activities began in 1877 when he ran successful as Judge of Cooweescoowee District ... . He was Senator from his district five terms for the following years : 1879, 1881, 1883, 1899, 1903."
"In 1890 he was President of the Vinita Fair Board ... . In 1894 ... Clem Rogers became Vice President of the First National Bank of Claremore, a position he held until his death in 1911." "In 1899, he was elected President of the Claremore School Board. ... That part of his beloved Cooweescoowee District where he lived was re-named "Rogers County" in his honor."

Personal life

Children:

• Sally Clementine Rogers (1863-1943)
• Maude Ethel Rogers (1869-1925)
• May Rogers (1873-1909)
• Will Rogers
  Will Rogers
  William "Will" Penn Adair Rogers was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s....
  
  (1879-1935)