Commodore John Rodgers was a United States Navy officer who served during the Navy's formative years from the 1790s through to the late 1830s. He served under six presidents and for nearly four decade
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1810
Minerva Denison Rodgers, portrait by John Wesley Jarvis, c. 1806
Rodgers portrait in 1798
USS Enterprise engaging Tripoli
John Rodgers (admiral)
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John Rodgers was an admiral in the United States Navy. He began his naval career as a commander in the American Civil War and during his postwar service became an admiral.
John Rodgers (naval officer, born 1772)
…apprenticeship on this ship. In 1806 Rodgers married Minerva Denison; they had three sons, Robert, Frederick and John, and two daughters together. Their son John Rodgers Jr. was born in Maryland in 1812. He entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman, serving aboard the Baltimore-built USS Constellation and USS Concord in the…
Rodgers during the Civil War
John Rodgers as rear admiral
Rear Admiral Rodgers as Asiatic Squadron commander, leaning over the table at right in this posed photograph of U.S. Navy officers holding a council of war aboard his flagship, the steam frigate USS Colorado, off Korea in June 1871 prior to the Korean Expedition