
Leroy F. Roberts
Full Name: Leroy F. RobertsDate of birth: July 15, 1827
Date of death: March 4, 1909
Terms of Service top
Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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H | 58 | Apr 18, 1876 - Aug 2, 1876 | 15th (1) (2) (3) | Democrat | Beeville / Bee | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, Victoria |
(1) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Resignation letter and Gov. Coke's transmittal letter to Speaker, 8/2/1876, pp. 742-743. House Journal.
(3) Leroy F. Roberts resigned 8/2/1876. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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House District 58
Apr 18, 1876 - Aug 2, 1876 Legislatures: 15th (1) (2) (3) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Beeville / Bee Counties in district: Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, Victoria |
(1) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Resignation letter and Gov. Coke's transmittal letter to Speaker, 8/2/1876, pp. 742-743. House Journal.
(3) Leroy F. Roberts resigned 8/2/1876. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, pp. 127-128. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Private, Company C, Willis' Battalion, Wall's Legion. L.F. Roberts, Beeville, Bee county, Pension File No. 6231, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
- Confederate States Army, Private, Company C, Waul's Legion. Military grave marker, Leroy F. Roberts, birth date 7/15/1827, death date 3/4/1909, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Beeville, Bee County. Find a Grave.
Other Resources
- Obituary, "An Old Citizen Dead," 3/5/1909, p. 5. " . . .member of the Fifteenth legislature. . ." Beeville Bee.
Photographs
- Photograph. L.F. Roberts, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
Committee Information top
15th R.S. - 1876
Agriculture and Stock Raising |
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