Rodgers family

Biographical Note

John Rodgers (1773-1838)

• 1773: Born, Harford County, Md.
• 1786 - 1797 : In merchant marine
• 1798: Appointed lieutenant, U.S. Navy
• 1799 - 1801 : Duty in USF Constellation
• 1802 - 1803 : Commanded USF John Adams, Mediterranean Squadron
• 1804: Commanded USF Congress, Mediterranean Squadron
• 1805 - 1806 : Commander in chief, Mediterranean Squadron
• 1806: Married Minerva Denison
• 1807: Commander in chief, New York flotilla and New York Naval Station
• 1810: Appointed commander in chief, North Atlantic Squadron
• 1812 - 1814 : Commanded USF President
• 1813: Promoted to commodore
• 1815 - 1824 : President, Board of Navy Commissioners
• 1821 - 1838 : Senior officer, U.S. Navy
• 1823: Secretary of the navy ad interim
• 1824 - 1827 : Commander in chief, Mediterranean Squadron
• 1827 - 1837 : President, Board of Navy Commissioners
• 1838, Aug. 1: Died, Philadelphia, Pa.

John Rodgers (1812-1882)

• 1812, Aug. 8: Born, Havre de Grace, Md.
• 1828: Appointed midshipman, U.S. Navy Duty in USF Constellation, Mediterranean Squadron
• 1831 - 1832 : Duty in USS Concord
• 1836 - 1839 : Duty in USS Dolphin, Brazil Squadron
• 1839 - 1841 : Commanded USS Wave, Florida Squadron
• 1840: Promoted to lieutenant
• 1841 - 1842 : Commanded USS Jefferson, Florida Squadron
• 1842 - 1844 : Duty in USS Boxer, Home Squadron
• 1846 - 1849 : Duty in USF United States and USS Marion, Africa Squadron, and later Mediterranean Squadron
• 1849 - 1852 : Commanded USS Petrel, USS Hetzel, and USS Legaré, Coast Survey
• 1852 - 1854 : Commanded USS John Hancock, North Pacific Surveying Expedition
• 1855: Commanding officer, North Pacific Surveying Expedition Promoted to commander
• 1857: Married Ann E. Hodge
• 1861: Special duty, establishment of a “Naval Armament on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers,” Cincinnati, Ohio Commanded USS Flag, South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
• 1862 - 1863 : Commanded USS Galena, USS Weehawken, and USS Canonicus
• 1863: Commanded USS Dictator
• 1865 - 1866 : Commander, Special Service Squadron
• 1866 - 1869 : Commandant, Boston Navy Yard
• 1869: Promoted to rear admiral
• 1869 - 1872 : Commanded Asiatic Fleet
• 1872: President, Examining and Retiring Boards
• 1873 - 1877 : Commandant, Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif.
• 1877 - 1882 : Superintendent, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.
• 1879: President, U.S. Naval Institute
• 1882, May 5: Died, Washington, D.C.

William Ledyard Rodgers

• 1860, Feb. 4: Born, Washington, D.C.
• 1878: Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
• 1878 - 1879 : Duty in USS Pensacola
• 1880 - 1881 : Duty at U.S. Naval Observatory
• 1881 - 1884 : Duty in USS Quinneburg, European Station
• 1898: Duty in USS Foote, South Atlantic Station
• 1900: Duty in USS Kentucky
• 1906: Commanded USS Wilmington, Asiatic Fleet
• 1907 - 1908 : Duty at Army War College
• 1909 - 1911 : Commanded USS Georgia
• 1911 - 1913 : President, U.S. Naval War College
• 1915 - 1916 : Member, General Board of the U.S. Navy
• 1916: Promoted to rear admiral
• 1916 - 1918 : Commander of the train, Atlantic Fleet
• 1919: Promoted to vice admiral Commander in chief, Asiatic Fleet
• 1921 - 1922 : Member, advisory committee, Conference on Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C.
• 1923: Technical adviser, Committee of Jurists on the Laws of War, the Hague
• 1924: Retired, U.S. Navy
• 1933 - 1943 : President, Naval Historical Foundation
• 1937: Published Greek and Roman Naval Warfare. Annapolis, Md.: United States Naval Institute
• 1939: Published Naval Warfare Under Oars, 4th to 16th Centuries. Annapolis, Md.: United States Naval Institute
• 1944, May 7: Died, Bethesda, Md.

John Augustus Rodgers

• 1848, July 26: Born, Harve de Grace, Md.
• 1864: Duty in USS Marion
• 1868: Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Duty in USS Lackawanna, North Pacific Squadron
• 1872: Duty in USS Hartford
• 1880: Married Elizabeth B.Chambers Duty at U.S. Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
• 1883: Duty at Midvale Steel Works, Philadelphia, Pa.
• 1890: Duty in USS Pensacola
• 1892: Student, U.S. Naval War College
• 1897: Executive officer, USS Indiana
• 1902: Commanded USS Marietta
• 1904: Commanded USS Illinois
• 1906: Inspector, Third Lighthouse District, Tompkinsville, N.Y.
• 1908: Commandant, U.S. Navy Yard, Puget Sound, Wash.
• 1910: Retired, U.S. Navy
• 1918: Commandant, U.S. Naval Unit, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.; Boston University, Boston, Mass.; and Tufts College, Medford, Mass.
• 1933, Mar. 2: Died, Harve de Grace, Md.

John Rodgers (1881-1926)

• 1881, Jan. 15: Born, Washington, D.C.
• 1903: Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
• 1904: Duty in USS Cincinnati
• 1909: Duty in USS St. Louis
• 1910: Duty in USS Pennsylvania
• 1911: Qualified as a naval aviator Duty, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., Naval Aviation Detachment
• 1911 - 1912 : Assisted C. P. Rodgers in making the first transcontinental flight in the United States
• 1912: Commanded USS Yankton
• 1916: Duty in USS Fulton, submarine training Commanded Division One, Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet
• 1921: Executive officer, USS Nevada
• 1922: Officer in charge, Navy Recruiting Station, Baltimore, Md.
• 1922 - 1925 : Commanded Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
• 1925: Commanding officer, hydroaeroplane PN-9-1, West coast-Hawaii flight
• 1926: Assistant chief, Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.
• 1926, Aug. 27: Died, Philadelphia, Pa.

From the guide to the Rodgers Family Papers, 1788-1944, (bulk 1820-1930), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)