Jonathan Roberts | |
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| United States Senator fromPennsylvania | |
| In office February 24, 1814 – March 4, 1821 | |
| Preceded by | Michael Leib |
| Succeeded by | William Findlay |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's2nd congressional district | |
| In office March 4, 1811 – February 24, 1814 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Brown,John Ross andWilliam Milnor |
| Succeeded by | Roger Davis andSamuel Henderson |
| Member of thePennsylvania Senate | |
| In office 1807-1811 | |
| Member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives | |
| In office 1799-1800 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1771-08-16)August 16, 1771 |
| Died | July 24, 1854(1854-07-24) (aged 82) |
| Resting place | Near Norristown |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Occupation | Farmer[1] |
| Committees | Committee on Claims Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses Committee on Public Buildings |
Jonathan Roberts (August 16, 1771 – July 24, 1854) was an American politician who served as aUnited States representative andSenator fromPennsylvania from 1811 to 1814 and 1814 to 1821 respectively. He was a member of theDemocratic-Republican Party.
Roberts was born nearNorristown in theProvince of Pennsylvania and was educated by a privatetutor.[2] He later worked as awheelwrightapprentice.[2] From 1799 to 1800 Roberts served as a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives, and thePennsylvania State Senate from 1807 to 1811.[2]
On March 4, 1811, he began his tenure as aUnited States representative fromPennsylvania's 2nd congressional district,[3] having been elected as aDemocratic-Republican.[2] Working through the12th and13th United States Congresses he resigned on February 24, 1814, having beenelected to theUnited States Senate to replaceMichael Leib, who himself had resigned.[2] He started his service in the Senate on the same day.[2]
Re-elected to a full term later in 1814, Roberts was the chairman of the Committee on Claims from the14th through to the16th Congress inclusive.[2] During the 16th he was also on the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses and the Committee on Public Buildings.[2] He left the Senate on March 4, 1821.[2]
From 1823 to 1826 he was again a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and later became the collector of customs at the port ofPhiladelphia from 1841 to 1842.[2] In 1848, Roberts built a school inUpper Merion for poor children who had to walk some distance from mill workers' houses to their previous school.[1]
He died at the age of 82 on his farm, Robertsville, inKing of Prussia, and was interred in the Roberts family cemetery In Upper Merion township, near Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.[2]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1811 – February 24, 1814 alongside (1811 – 1813):Robert Brown andWilliam Rodman (in a 3-seat district) alongside (1813–1814):Roger Davis (in a 2-seat district) | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 1) from Pennsylvania February 24, 1814 – March 3, 1821 Served alongside:Abner Lacock,Walter Lowrie | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Oldest living U.S. senator November 19, 1853 – July 24, 1854 | Succeeded by |
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| Notes | † Never officially seated | |
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