Robert W. Roberts

Robert Whyte Roberts ( born November 28, 1784 in Kent County, Delaware, † January 4, 1865 in Hillsboro, Mississippi ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1847 he represented the third electoral district of the state of Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After leaving school, Roberts studied law and was admitted after successful examination as a lawyer. He then moved to Tennessee, where he worked as a judge. Between 1822 and 1826, he lived in Alabama before he in 1826 settled in Mississippi in Scott County. He settled near Hillsboro, where he built his plantation " Long Avenue " and managed. He also worked as an attorney in Hillsboro. Between 1830 and 1838, Roberts was also District Judge in Scott County.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1838 and 1844 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Mississippi and in the years 1842 and 1843 its president. In the congressional elections of 1842, in which the state of Mississippi for the first time allowed to choose three congressmen, Roberts was elected for the third district in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. After a re-election in 1844 he was able to implement his mandate in Congress between 4 March 1843 to 3 March 1847. This period was overshadowed by the events of the Mexican-American War.

After the end of his time in Congress, Roberts worked again as a lawyer and managed his plantation near Hillsboro. He is also died in January 1865. He was buried in the cemetery of his plantation.