Samuel McRoberts (April 12, 1799March 27, 1843) was a
United States senator
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from
Illinois
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. Born near
Maeystown, he was educated by private tutors and graduated from the law department of
Transylvania University
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in
Lexington, Kentucky. He was admitted to the
bar
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in 1821 and commenced practice in
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, 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
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from 1828 to 1830.
McRoberts was appointed
United States Attorney
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by President
Andrew Jackson
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in 1830 and served until 1832, when he resigned he was then appointed by President
Martin Van Buren
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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
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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
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and was interred in the Moore Cemetery,
Waterloo.
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1799 births
1843 deaths
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Transylvania University alumni
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