William P. Rogers
| William Rogers | |
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| 55th United States Secretary of State | |
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In office January 22, 1969 – September 3, 1973 |
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| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Dean Rusk |
| Succeeded by | Henry Kissinger |
| 63rd United States Attorney General | |
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In office October 23, 1957 – January 20, 1961 |
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| President | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Herbert Brownell |
| Succeeded by | Robert Kennedy |
| 3rd United States Deputy Attorney General | |
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In office January 1953 – October 23, 1957 |
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| President | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Ross Malone |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence Walsh |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
William Pierce Rogers June 23, 1913 Norfolk, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 2, 2001 (aged 87) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Adele Langston (m. 1937–2001) |
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| Education | |
| Religion | Presbyterianism |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Rank |
 Lieutenant Commander
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| Unit | USS Intrepid |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
William Pierce Rogers (June 23, 1913 – January 2, 2001) was an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He served as United States Attorney General under President Dwight D. Eisenhower and United States Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon, of whom he was a close confidant.
Rogers was born June 23, 1913, in Norfolk, New York. After the death of his mother, the former Myra Beswick, he was reared during his teen years by his grandparents, in the village of Canton, New York.
He attended Colgate University, where he was initiated into the Sigma Chi fraternity. He then went to Cornell University Law School. He received his law degree and passed the New York Bar in 1937, and he married Adele Langston Rogers (August 15, 1911 – May 27, 2001). The couple had four children, Dale R. Marshall, Douglas L. Rogers, Anthony W. Rogers and Jeffrey L. Rogers.
After serving about a year as an attorney for a Wall Street law office, he became an assistant district attorney in 1938 and was appointed by then District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey to a sixty-man task force aimed at routing out New York City's organized crime.
He entered the United States Navy in 1942, serving on the USS Intrepid, including her action in the Battle of Okinawa. His final rank in the Navy was lieutenant commander.
In 1950, Rogers became a partner in a New York City law firm, Dwight, Royall, Harris, Koegel & Caskey. Thereafter, he returned to this firm when he was not in government service.
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