William Allen Rogers

William Allen Rogers (1854–1931) was an American political cartoonist born in Springfield, Ohio.

He studied at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Wittenberg College, and in 1873, was hired by the Daily Graphic in New York, where he drew cartoons and assisted with news sketches.

In 1877, Rogers was hired by Harper's Weekly to draw the magazine's political cartoons after the departure of Thomas Nast. Rogers remained at Harper's Weekly for twenty-five years.

After leaving Harper's Weekly, Rogers was hired by the New York Herald, where he drew cartoons daily for a total of twenty years. He occasionally worked for Life Magazine, Puck, The Century Magazine, and St. Nicholas Magazine.

Rogers retired as a cartoonist in 1926 while working for the Washington Post. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1931.