Jonathan Roberts

Jonathan Roberts

Jonathan Roberts (* 16th August 1771 in Norristown , Province of Pennsylvania ; †  24. July 1854 in King of Prussia , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician ( Democratic-Republican Party ), of the state of Pennsylvania in both chambers of the US Congress represented.

Life

After receiving private tuition as a boy, Jonathan Roberts apprenticed to a wheelwright . His political career began in 1799 when he was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives , to which he was a member until 1800. From 1807 to 1811 he was a senator in his home state.

In 1810 he was elected to the US House of Representatives for the Democratic Republican Party , where he represented the Second Congressional District of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Chamber from March 4, 1811 until his resignation on February 24, 1814. On that day he moved to the Senate within Congress , where he took the place of the resigned Michael Leib . He ended his term of office and was then elected to the Senate for a further six years, in which he ultimately remained until March 3, 1821. During this time he was, among other things, Chairman of the Committee on Claims .

After his time in Washington, Roberts sat again in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1823 to 1826. Between 1841 and 1842 he worked as a collector of customs in the port of Philadelphia . Jonathan Roberts died in July 1854 on his Robertsville farm in Montgomery County and was buried in the family cemetery.

Web links

• Jonathan Roberts in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jonathan Roberts in the database of Find a Grave (English)