William Vann Rogers generally known as Will Rogers Jr. (October 20 1911 – July 9 1993) was a son of legendary humorist Will Rogers (1879–1935) and his wife the former Betty Blake (1879–1944). He was a Democratic U. S. Representative from California from January 3 1943 until May 23 1944 when he resigned to return to the United States Army. Rogers had several other careers notably as a newspaper owner/publisher an actor writer and a political commentator.
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