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Samuel McRoberts

Samuel McRoberts
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United States Senator
from Illinois
In office
March 4, 1841 – March 27, 1843
Preceded by John M. Robinson
Succeeded by James Semple
Member of the Illinois Senate
In office
1828-1830
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.


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