Ellis H. Roberts

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(September 30, 1827 — January 8, 1918) Ellis Henry Roberts was an editor, banker, businessman, and politician. Roberts was born in Utica, New York in 1827. He graduated from Yale College in 1850 and worked as an editor and proprietor of a newspaper in Utica from 1851 to 1889. During that time, he also served in the State Assembly (1866) and as a delegate to the Republican National Convention (1864, 1868, and 1876). Roberts was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March, 1871 to March, 1875. After serving in Congress, he continued to work as an editor and proprietor and also got involved in banking. Roberts died on January 8, 1918. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/R000310]

Member of New York Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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