Samuel McRoberts

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Samuel McRoberts

United States Senator from Illinois
In office March 4, 1841 – March 27, 1843
Preceded by	John M. Robinson
Succeeded by	James Semple
Personal details
Born	(1799-04-12)April 12, 1799 Maeystown, Illinois
Died	March 27, 1843(1843-03-27) (aged 43) Cincinnati, Ohio
Political party	Democratic

Samuel McRoberts (April 12, 1799 – March 27, 1843) was a United States Senator from Illinois. Born near Maeystown, he was educated by private tutors and graduated from the law department of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. He was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Monroe County, and was clerk of the circuit court of Monroe County from 1819 to 1821. He was State circuit judge from 1824 to 1827 and a member of the Illinois State Senate from 1828 to 1830.

McRoberts was appointed United States Attorney by President Andrew Jackson in 1830 and served until 1832, when he resigned he was then appointed by President Martin Van Buren to be receiver of the land office at Danville in 1832. He was appointed Solicitor of the General Land Office at Washington in 1839 and served in that capacity until his resignation in 1841, and was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1841, until his death; while in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills (Twenty-seventh Congress). He died in Cincinnati, Ohio and was interred in the Moore Cemetery, Waterloo.

References

Samuel McRoberts at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States Senate
Preceded by John McCracken Robinson	U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Illinois 1841–1843 Served alongside: Richard M. Young, Sidney Breese	Succeeded by James Semple

v t e United States Senators from Illinois

Class 2	Thomas McLean Baker Robinson McRoberts Semple S. Douglas Browning Richardson Yates Logan Davis Cullom Lewis McCormick Deneen Lewis Slattery Brooks P. Douglas Percy Simon Durbin

Class 3	Edwards McLean Kane Ewing Young Breese Shields Trumbull Oglesby Logan Farwell Palmer Mason Hopkins Lorimer Sherman McKinley Glenn Dieterich Lucas Dirksen Smith Stevenson III Dixon Moseley Braun Fitzgerald Obama Burris Kirk

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 65526727 LCCN: n87819488

Persondata
Name	McRoberts, Samuel
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	April 12, 1799
Place of birth	Maeystown, Illinois
Date of death	March 27, 1843
Place of death	Cincinnati, Ohio

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