Robert H. Roberts

Robert H. Roberts (June 5, 1837 Nantglyn, Denbighshire, Wales – September 3, 1888 Boonville, Oneida County, New York) was an American politician from New York.

Life

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 when a wooden block fell on him and broke his neck. He was buried at the Boonville Cemetery.

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New York Assembly
Preceded by
J. Robert Moore
New York State Assembly
Oneida County, 4th District

1878
Succeeded by
H. Dwight Grant
New York State Senate
Preceded by
James Stevens
New York State Senate
22nd District

1882–1883
Succeeded by
Henry J. Coggeshall