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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—LouisianaSamuel Matthews ROBERTSON
(1852-1911)
ROBERTSON, Samuel
Matthews, (son of Edward White Robertson), a Representative
from Louisiana; born in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, La., January
1, 1852; attended Magruder’s Collegiate Institute, Baton
Rouge, La., and was graduated from the Louisiana State University
in 1874; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1874 and commenced
practice in Baton Rouge, La.; elected a member of the State house
of representatives in 1879; member of the faculty of the Louisiana
State University and Agriculture and Mechanical College in 1880;
elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of his father, Edward White Robertson;
reelected to the Fifty-first and to the eight succeeding Congresses
and served from December 5, 1887, to March 3, 1907; chairman,
Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River
(Fifty-second Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1906; resumed the practice of law in Baton Rouge; superintendent of
the Louisiana School for the Deaf and Dumb 1908-1911; died in Baton
Rouge, La., December 24, 1911; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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