Ernest W. Roberts

Ernest W. Roberts

Ernest William Roberts (born November 22, 1858 in East Madison , Somerset County , Maine , †  February 27, 1924 ) was an American politician . Between 1899 and 1917 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ernest Roberts attended the public schools in Chelsea and then until 1877 the Highland Military Academy in Worcester . After a subsequent law degree at Boston University and his admission to the bar in 1881, he began to work in this profession in Boston . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . He served on the Chelsea Borough Council in 1887 and 1888; from 1894 to 1896 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts . He then belonged to the State Senate in 1897 and 1898 .

In the congressional election of 1898 Roberts was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded William Emerson Barrett on March 4, 1899 . After eight re-elections, he was able to complete nine legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1917 . Since 1913 he represented the ninth district of his state there as the successor to William Francis Murray . From 1909 to 1911 he was chairman of the committee on private land claims. While in Congress, the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified.

In 1916, Ernest Roberts was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer in Washington DC. He died on February 27, 1924.

Web links

• Ernest W. Roberts in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ernest W. Roberts in the database of Find a Grave (English)