Oran Milo Roberts (July 9 1815 – May 19 1898) was the 17th Governor of Texas from January 21 1879 to January 16 1883. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Roberts County Texas is named after him.Oran M. Roberts was born in Laurens District South Carolina. He studied at the University of Alabama and graduated in 1836 and was admitted to the bar the following year. After serving a term in the Alabama legislature he moved to Texas where he opened a successful law practice.
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alma mater
University of Alabama
birth date
1815-07-09
birth place
South Carolina
death date
1898-05-19
death place
Austin Texas
military branch
Confederate States Army, Walker's Greyhounds
order in office
17th, Governor of Texas, Alabama State Lesiglature, Chief Justice Texas Supreme Court, Delegate Texas Constitutional Convention 1866, District Attorney (Texas), District Judge (Texas), President of 1861 Secession Convention, Texas Supreme Court
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