Samuel McRoberts [SEP] position held
Samuel McRoberts
Samuel McRoberts (April 12, 1799March 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.
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on the acquisition and production of war materiel. McRoberts continued to serve in the Organized Reserve even after retiring from business in 1925, and provided input to the War Department on the equipping of the Army until retiring as a major general in 1938.
Early life.
Samuel McRoberts was born on December 20, 1868 in Malta Bend, Missouri to Alexander Highlander McRoberts, a farmer, and Ellen Sisk McRoberts. His grandparents were Alexander and Nancy (Donnell) McRoberts, and his great grandfather was Samuel McRoberts, who came