Logan H. Roots: Difference between revisions
m →References: Correct persondata short description using AWB |
RBBrittain (talk | contribs) merge content from Logan Holt Roots (no discussion on either talk page since January, both clearly identical, so WP:BOLD merge) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{For|the Episcopal bishop|Logan H. Roots (bishop)}} |
{{For|the Episcopal bishop|Logan H. Roots (bishop)}} |
||
{{merge|Logan Holt Roots|date=January 2012}} |
|||
<!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000434. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->'''Logan Holt Roots''' (March 26, 1841 - May 30, 1893) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Arkansas]]. |
<!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000434. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->'''Logan Holt Roots''' (March 26, 1841 - May 30, 1893) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Arkansas]]. |
||
| Line 13: | Line 12: | ||
==References== |
==References== |
||
{{Portal|Biography}} |
|||
{{CongBio|R000434}} |
{{CongBio|R000434}} |
||
*{{Find a Grave|6727650}} |
|||
{{Bioguide}} |
{{Bioguide}} |
||
| Line 37: | Line 38: | ||
[[Category:Illinois State University alumni]] |
[[Category:Illinois State University alumni]] |
||
[[Category:Union Army soldiers]] |
[[Category:Union Army soldiers]] |
||
[[de:Logan Holt Roots]] |
|||
Revision as of 02:56, 27 August 2012
Logan Holt Roots (March 26, 1841 - May 30, 1893) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Biography
Born near Tamaroa in Perry County in southern Illinois, Roots completed preparatory studies and graduated in 1862 from Illinois State Normal University. Roots assisted in recruiting the Eighty-first Illinois Volunteers and served in the Union Army until the close of the American Civil War. He settled in Arkansas and engaged in planting and trading.
Upon the readmission of Arkansas to the Union, Roots was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress. He was reelected to the Forty-first Congress and served from June 22, 1868, to March 3, 1871. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress.
He served as president of the First National Bank of Little Rock, until his death in that city on May 30, 1893. He was interred there at Oakland Cemetery.
References
- United States Congress. "Logan H. Roots (id: R000434)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Logan H. Roots at Find a Grave
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress