John Rogers (Continental Congress)

John Rogers (1723 – September 23, 1789) was a Founding Father of the United States, who served as a lawyer and judge from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Rogers was a delegate for Maryland to the Continental Congress in 1775—1776, when he voted for the Declaration of Independence but became ill before he could sign it. Rogers was Maryland's Chancellor, the equivalent of governor, from 1778 until his death 11 years later.