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Lindsay Rogers
1891–1970
Best known as a sharp-minded scholar of public law, he brought politics and government to life for generations of students and readers. His work linked constitutional questions to the real pressures of public administration and national affairs.
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The postal power of Congress: A study in constitutional expansion
by Lindsay Rogers
About the author
Born in Baltimore in 1891, he studied at Johns Hopkins University, earning a B.A. in 1912 and a Ph.D. in 1915. After a fellowship there, he taught at the University of Virginia, spent time attached to the General Staff Corps during World War I, and lectured on public law at Harvard before beginning the long Columbia University career for which he is best remembered.
From 1920 to 1959, he taught at Columbia, where he became Burgess Professor of Public Law and later professor emeritus. Sources describing his papers and career present him as a major teacher and writer in public law, public administration, and international politics, as well as a participant in special commissions and investigations involving government, labor, and industry.
He died in 1970, but his record suggests a scholar deeply engaged with the public questions of his time. The surviving Columbia collections of his correspondence and papers show connections with leading jurists, historians, administrators, and political figures, which fits his reputation as both an academic and a public intellectual.