Robert W. Roberts

Robert W. Roberts

Robert Whyte Roberts (November 28, 1784 - January 4, 1865) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.

Born in Kent County, Delaware, Roberts received a liberal education.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar. Shortly after reaching his majority moved to Tennessee, where he was elected a circuit judge.He moved to Limestone County, Alabama in 1822, and to Scott County, Mississippi, in 1826, and settled near Hillsboro.He engaged in agricultural pursuits.He commenced the practice of law in Hillsboro. Circuit judge of Scott County 1830–1838.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1838–1844 and served as speaker in 1842 and 1843.

Roberts was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847).He resumed the practice of law.He also engaged in planting.He died on his plantation, "Long Avenue," near Hillsboro, Mississippi, January 4, 1865.He was interred in a private cemetery on the Roberts plantation.

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