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Rogers overwhelmingly won the Republican nomination<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=619019 MA District 5 - Special R Primary Race - Jun 16, 1925]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref> and handily defeated Democrat opponent Eugene Foss in the special general election to succeed her late husband.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=619018 MA District 5 - Special Election Race - Jun 30, 1925]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref> In her early tenure, she was an adamant [[conservative]], beginning her political career as a [[Calvin Coolidge|Coolidge]] Republican.<ref name=politiciansvoteropinion>Fascinating Politics (September 2, 2020). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/09/02/when-do-politicians-surrender-their-opinion-to-voter-will/ When Do Politicians Surrender Their Opinion to Voter Will?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref>
Rogers overwhelmingly won the Republican nomination<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=619019 MA District 5 - Special R Primary Race - Jun 16, 1925]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref> and handily defeated Democrat opponent Eugene Foss in the special general election to succeed her late husband.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=619018 MA District 5 - Special Election Race - Jun 30, 1925]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref> In her early tenure, she was an adamant [[conservative]], beginning her political career as a [[Calvin Coolidge|Coolidge]] Republican.<ref name=politiciansvoteropinion>Fascinating Politics (September 2, 2020). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/09/02/when-do-politicians-surrender-their-opinion-to-voter-will/ When Do Politicians Surrender Their Opinion to Voter Will?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref>
In 1932 amidst the [[Great Depression]], 25 year-old gunman Marlin Kemmerer of Allentown, Pennsylvania barged into the House visitor's gallery demanding to be given twenty minutes for a speech on the chamber's floor.<ref>Fascinating Politics (January 10, 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2021/01/10/the-gunman-in-the-capitol-and-the-man-who-disarmed-him/ The Gunman in the Capitol and the Man Who Disarmed Him]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref> Rogers and fellow Republican Melvin Maas of [[Minnesota]] proved successful in disarming Kemmerer, with the Massachusetts congresswomen telling the intruder:
{{cquote|You won't do anything.}}
Following the disastrous air mail policies of the Roosevelt in 1934, Rogers condemned the presidential administration:<ref>Fascinating Politics (September 8, 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2021/09/08/fdrs-air-mail-fiasco/ FDR’s Air Mail Fiasco]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref>
Following the disastrous air mail policies of the Roosevelt in 1934, Rogers condemned the presidential administration:<ref>Fascinating Politics (September 8, 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2021/09/08/fdrs-air-mail-fiasco/ FDR’s Air Mail Fiasco]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref>