- Ellis H. Roberts
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office = Treasurer of the United States
term_start =July 1 1897
term_end =June 30 1905
predecessor =D.N. Morgan
successor =Charles H. Treat
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office2 = Member of the U.S. House of
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term_start2 =March 4 1871
term_end2 =March 3 1875
predecessor2 =Alexander H. Bailey ,William E. Lansing
successor2 =Clinton L. Merriam ,George A. Bagley
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birth_date =September 30 1827
birth_place =Utica, New York
death_date =January 8 1918
death_place =Utica, New York
party = Republican
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footnotes =Ellis Henry Roberts (
September 30 1827 -January 8 1918 ) was aUnited States Representative fromNew York and 20thTreasurer of the United States .Roberts was born in Utica, Oneida County,
New York onSeptember 30 ,1827 . He attended the common schools and the Whitestown Seminary and graduated fromYale College in 1850. He served as principal of Utica Free Academy in 1850 and 1851 and became editor and proprietor of the "Utica Morning Herald" 1851 - 1889. A delegate to theRepublican National Conventions in 1864, 1868, and 1876; member of theNew York State Assembly in 1866; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4 1871 -March 3 1875 ); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; resumed his former newspaper activities in Utica, N.Y.; Assistant Treasurer of the United States 1889 - 1893; president of theFranklin National Bank ofNew York City 1893 - 1897; appointedTreasurer of the United States onJuly 1 1897 , and served untilJune 30 1905 , when he resigned; again engaged in banking; died in Utica, N.Y.,January 8 1918 ; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery in Utica.External links
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