- James A. Roberts
James Arthur Roberts (
March 8 ,1847 Waterboro,York County, Maine -November 19 ,1922 New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician.Life
He was the son of Jeremiah Roberts and Alma Roberts. In 1864, he enlisted as a private in the 7th Maine Battery, and fought at the
Siege of Petersburg , and later participated in the campaign ending with the surrender of GeneralRobert E. Lee atAppomattox Court House . He graduated fromBowdoin College in 1870. Then he studied law atBuffalo, New York , was admitted to the bar and paracticed there. On June 1, 1871, he married Minnie Pineo. Afterwards he married Martha Dresser.He was Secretary of the Depew Improvement Company, Vice President of the Bellevue and Lancaster Railway Company, and Secretary of the Bellevue Land Company.
He was a member from Erie County of the
New York State Assembly in 1879 and 1880. He wasNew York State Comptroller from 1894 to 1898. He was an alternate delegate to the1900 Republican National Convention .He was buried at the
Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo .ources
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts5.html The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Roberts, J. ] at politicalgraveyard.com Political Graveyard
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9E02E2DD1139E033A25755C0A9679D94649ED7CF] The re-elected state officers, in NYT on November 6, 1895
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