Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya kasance mai aiki a jam'iyyar Republican, yana ba da kuɗin jam'iyyar, kuma yana aiki a matsayin wakili a taron kasa na farko
a birnin Philadelphia a shekara ta 1856. Roberts ya gudu zuwa ofishin sau da yawa, amma bai yi nasara a kowane lokaci ba.