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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Samuel McRoberts |
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April 12, 1799
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| Died | March 27, 1843
(43 years)
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| Contributor | RP |
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| Info | born near Maystown, Monroe County, Ill. (then a portion of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio), April 12, 1799; educated by private tutors; graduated from the law department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Monroe County, Ill.; clerk of the circuit court of Monroe County 1819-1821; State circuit judge 1824-1827; member, State senate 1828-1830; appointed United States district attorney by President Andrew Jackson in 1830 and served until 1832, when he resigned; appointed by President Martin Van Buren receiver of the land office at Danville in 1832; appointed Solicitor of the General Land Office at Washington in 1839 and served in that capacity until his resignation in 1841; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1841, until his death in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 27, 1843; chairman, Committee on Engrossed Bills (Twenty-seventh Congress); interment in the Moore Cemetery, Waterloo, Monroe County, Ill.
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