Frank Roberson
Roberson c. 1919
Attorney General of Mississippi
In office
January 1920  1923
Preceded byRoss A. Collins
Succeeded byClayton D. Potter
Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi
In office
February 1917  January 1920
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Pontotoc County district
In office
January 1916  February 1917
Personal details
Born(1882-04-30)April 30, 1882
Pontotoc County, MS
DiedNovember 1961(1961-11-00) (aged 79)
Washington, DC
Political partyDemocrat

Frank Roberson (April 30, 1882 - November 1961) was an American Democratic politician. He was the Attorney General of Mississippi from 1920 to 1923.

Early life

Frank Roberson was born on April 30, 1882, in Cherry Creek, Pontotoc County, Mississippi.[1][2] He was the son of William Marion Roberson and Pink (Bell) Roberson.[1][2] He graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1901 with a bachelor's degree in philosophy.[2][1] He then taught in the Philippines from 1901 to 1904.[1][2] He graduated from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1905.[1][2] He moved to Pontotoc, Mississippi, in 1906.[1][2]

Political career

From 1908 to 1912, he was the Secretary of the Mississippi Senate.[1][2] From 1910 to 1914, he was the City Attorney of Pontotoc.[1][2] He was elected to represent Pontotoc County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1915 and served in the 1916 session.[1] He resigned from the position in February 1917, when he was appointed as the Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi.[1][2] In 1919, he was elected Attorney General of Mississippi, defeating Earl N. Floyd in the Democratic primary.[2] He served in the position from January 1920 to 1923.[2][3] Roberson died in November 1961 at his home in Washington, D. C.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rowland, Dunbar (1923). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  3. "2016-2020 MISSISSIPPI BLUE BOOK". www.sos.ms.gov. p. 719. Archived from the original on 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  4. "Clarion-Ledger from Jackson, Mississippi on November 26, 1961 · Page 14". Newspapers.com. 26 November 1961. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
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