Oran Milo Roberts

Oran Milo Roberts
17th Governor of Texas
In office
January 21, 1879 – January 16, 1883
LieutenantJoseph D. Sayers
Leonidas J. Storey
Preceded byRichard B. Hubbard
Succeeded byJohn Ireland
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
In office
November 1864 – June 1866
Preceded byRoyall T. Wheeler
Succeeded byGeorge F. Moore
In office
January 1874 – 1879
Preceded byJohn David McAdoo
Succeeded byGeorge F. Moore
President of the 1861 Texas Secession Convention
In office
January 28, 1861[1] – 1861
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
In office
April 1857 – October 1862
Preceded byAbner Smith Lipscomb
Succeeded byGeorge F. Moore
Personal details
Born(1815-07-09)July 9, 1815
Laurens County, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedMay 19, 1898(1898-05-19) (aged 82)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Resting placeOakwood Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
Francis Wycliffe Edwards
(m. 1837; died 1883)

Catherine E. Border
(m. 1887)
Alma materUniversity of Alabama
ProfessionAttorney
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States
Branch/service Confederate States Army
Rank Colonel
Commands11th Texas Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Oran Milo Roberts (July 9, 1815 – May 19, 1898), was an American politician who served as 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.

  1. ^ "The Old Alcalde: Oran Milo Roberts, Texas's Forgotten Fire-Eater" (PDF). Retrieved December 22, 2023.

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