Samuel Matthews Robertson (January 1, 1852 – December 24, 1911) was a

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from

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, son of

Edward White Robertson Edward White Robertson (June 13, 1823 – August 2, 1887) was a United States representative from Louisiana. He was also the father of Samuel Matthews Robertson. Early years He was born near Nashville, Tennessee. Robertson moved with his paren ...

. Born in Plaquemine,

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, Robertson attended Magruder's Collegiate Institute,

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, and studied law at

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, graduating in 1874. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in

. Robertson was elected a member of the State house of representatives in 1879. He served as member of the LSU faculty in 1880. Robertson was elected as a

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to the

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to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, Edward White Robertson. He was reelected to the Fifty-first and to the eight succeeding Congresses, serving from December 5, 1887, to March 3, 1907. He served as chairman of the Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (

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). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906, and resumed the practice of law in Baton Rouge. He was superintendent of the Louisiana School for the Deaf and Dumb from 1908–1911, and died in

, December 24, 1911. He was interred in Magnolia Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robertson, Samuel Matthews 1852 births 1911 deaths Louisiana State University alumni Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives Louisiana State University faculty Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana 19th-century American politicians Burials at Magnolia Cemetery (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)