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Robert H. Roberts

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Robert H. Roberts
BornJune 5, 1837
DiedSeptember 3, 1888
Occupationpolitician

Robert H. Roberts (June 5, 1837 – September 3, 1888) was an American politician from New York.

Life

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Roberts was born in Nantglyn, Denbighshire, Wales. The family emigrated to the United States in 1839, and settled in Constableville, New York. He attended the common schools and Boonville High School. Then he became a carpenter and builder of oil tanks; and later a farmer and builder of canal boats, in Boonville.

He entered politics as a Republican, joined the Liberal Republicans in 1872, and afterwards became a Democrat. He was Supervisor of the Town of Boonville in 1874 and 1875; a member of the New York State Assembly (Oneida Co., 4th D.) in 1878; President of the Village of Boonville in 1880; and a member of the New York State Senate (22nd D.) in 1882 and 1883.

He was accidentally killed on September 3, 1888, at his boatyard in Boonville, New York, when a wooden block fell on him and broke his neck. He was buried at the Boonville Cemetery.

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New York State Assembly
Preceded by New York State Assembly
Oneida County, 4th District

1878
Succeeded by
New York State Senate
Preceded by New York State Senate
22nd District

1882–1883
Succeeded by