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    Albert H. Roberts

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  1. Albert H. Roberts. Albert Houston Roberts (July 4, 1868 – June 25, 1946) was an American politician, educator, and jurist. He served as the 33rd governor of Tennessee from 1919 to 1921, having previously served as a state court judge and as principal of the Alpine Institute. He is best remembered for calling the special session of the ...

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  2. Oct 8, 2017 · Born July 4, 1868, in Overton County, Roberts graduated from Hiwassee College in 1889. He married Nora Dean Bowden, the daughter of his Latin teacher, and joined his in-laws in the operation of Alpine Institute, a Presbyterian private school in Overton County. Roberts studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1894, and opened a practice in ...

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  4. ALBERT HOUSTON ROBERTS was born in Alpine, Tennessee and received his early education there and in Columbus, Kansas, where his family lived for several years. In addition to earning an A.B. degree from Hiwassee College in 1889 and an A.M. degree in 1892, he studied law. He taught school for several years and served as Overton County ...

  5. Aug 28, 2021 · Albert Houston “A. H.” ROBERTS, who served Tennessee as governor from January 15, 1919 to January 15, 1921, died in Nashville on June 25, 1946. Born July 4, 1868, in Alpine, Overton County, Tennessee, ROBERTS was admitted to the bar in Tennessee to practice law in 1894 and from 1910 to 1918 he served as Chancellor of the Fourth Judicial ...

  6. Aug 20, 2020 · Tennessee Gov. Albert H. Roberts signs the state ratification of the 19th Amendment. (Courtesy of Bryn Mawr College) In 1920, Gov. Roberts called a special session of the Tennessee Legislature for ...

  7. Albert Houston Roberts was an American politician, educator, and jurist. He served as the 33rd governor of Tennessee from 1919 to 1921, having previously served as a state court judge and as principal of the Alpine Institute. He is best remembered for calling the special session of the Tennessee General Assembly that ratified the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, in August ...

  8. ground floor. In one of them, Albert Houston Roberts was born on July 4, 1868. Of his childhood very little is known. Overton County folk remember hearing it said how little Albert, later to be so renowned for his learning, cried his eyes out under a tree at being forced to at-tend school for the first time.8 He apparently took to education well