Rogers, William Pierce

Rogers, William Pierce
▪ 2002

      American lawyer and politician (b. June 23, 1913, Norfolk, N.Y.—d. Jan. 2, 2001, Bethesda, Md.), served as U.S. deputy attorney general (1953–57) and then attorney general (1957–61) during the administration of Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower and was secretary of state (1969–73) under Pres. Richard M. Nixon. Though he had long been a close and loyal friend to Nixon, he was greatly overshadowed and rendered largely ineffectual by Nixon's national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, and was replaced by him early in Nixon's second term. Rogers was educated at Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., and Cornell University Law School, Ithaca, N.Y., and then became an assistant district attorney in New York City. Following World War II navy service, he returned to that office, and in 1947 he moved to Washington, D.C., and went to work on Capitol Hill. Rogers became friends with Nixon when he assisted Nixon in the House Committee on Un-American Activities investigation of the Alger Hiss case—the case that made Nixon's reputation. Rogers again came to Nixon's aid by first supporting him when, as Eisenhower's vice presidential candidate, he was accused of having benefited from a political slush fund and then by helping him prepare his famous “Checkers” speech. While serving as attorney general, Rogers was central to the drafting of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and to the establishment of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. Rogers returned to private law practice in 1961, and in 1964 he played a prominent role in a landmark Supreme Court case that further defined libel law and increased protection for journalists. While serving as Nixon's secretary of state, Rogers was generally kept in the dark about most foreign policy concerns—especially China, Southeast Asia, and the U.S.S.R.—though he did get involved in seeking peace in the Middle East. After leaving office, untainted by the Watergate scandal, he once again went into private practice. Rogers returned to the public forum once more in 1986, when he served as chair of the commission that investigated the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.

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