The first Broward County resident elected to serve in the U.S. Congress was Dwight L. Rogers of Fort Lauderdale.

Born in 1889, Rogers grew up and was educated in Georgia. He arrived in Fort Lauderdale in 1925 and was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1930.

In 1944 he was elected to Congress from Florida's newly-created sixth congressional district and served until his death in 1954. He was succeeded by his son, Paul Rogers, who served in the House of Representatives until 1979.