Robert Roberts, Jr.
| Robert Ryer Roberts Jr. | |
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Roberts as he appears at Minden City Hall
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| Mayor of Minden, Louisiana, USA | |
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In office 1905–1906 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander McIntyre Leary |
| Succeeded by | W. H. Webb |
| Louisiana State Representative for Webster Parish | |
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In office 1908–1914 |
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| Preceded by | E. L. Stewart |
| Succeeded by | W. Burch Lee |
| Judge of the Louisiana 26th Judicial District (Bossier and Webster parishes) | |
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In office December 4, 1920 – January 2, 1925 |
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| Preceded by | John N. Sandlin |
| Succeeded by | John S. Richardson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1872 Union Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | Date of death missing |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Olive Goodwill Roberts |
| Relations |
Murphy J. Foster Jr. (grandson) |
| Children |
Robert Roberts, III |
| Parents | Robert Sr. and Mary McCormick Roberts |
| Alma mater |
Ruston College |
| Occupation | Former educator |
| Religion | Methodist Episcopal Church |
Murphy J. Foster Jr. (grandson)
Captain Alfred Goodwill (father-in-law)
Robert Roberts, III
Ruston College
Robert Ryer Roberts Jr. (1872 – after 1925) was an American educator, lawyer, and a Democratic politician in the early 20th century from northern Louisiana. Though born in Union Parish, where he spent his early years, he represented Webster Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1908 to 1914, after which time he became a judge for the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit and the Louisiana 26th Judicial District, based in Webster and Bossier parishes. He was subsequently an attorney in private practice in Shreveport in Caddo Parish.
One of his grandchildren was subsequent Louisiana Governor Murphy J. "Mike" Foster Jr., who served from 1996 to 2004.
Roberts was a son of Robert Roberts Sr., born in South Carolina, and the former Mary McCormick, a native of Mississippi. The senior Roberts was a physician, a captain of infantry for the Confederate Army in the American Civil War, and the Union Parish superintendent of schools. The junior Roberts graduated in 1893 from the former Ruston College, a forerunner of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston in Lincoln Parish. He subsequently graduated in 1897 from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He first taught in public schools before he engaged in the practice of law in the Ruston firm, Barksdale & Barksdale. After admission to the bar, he represented the Barksdale firm in Farmerville, the seat of government of Union Parish. He was elected mayor of Farmerville c. 1900 and then the mayor of Minden in Webster Parish from 1905 to 1906. In 1908, he was elected to the first of two terms in the state legislature as the representative for Webster Parish. He resigned midway in his second legislative term, during which he had been the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. In 1914, before he left the house he was co-author of the Burke-Roberts Workmen's Compensation Act. He was a member of the Louisiana Tax Commission in 1911 and the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1913. He was also a private secretary to Governor Luther E. Hall, who appointed Roberts to a two-year opening on the Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, created by the death of Judge Ben Edwards. Roberts was succeeded in the legislature by W. Burch Lee, who subsequently was the clerk of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, based in Shreveport.
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