Logan H. Roots
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Logan Holt Roots was a U.S. Representative
from Arkansas
.
, Roots completed preparatory studies and was graduated from the Illinois State Normal University in 1862.
Assisted in recruiting the Eighty-first Illinois Volunteers and served in the Army until the close of the Civil War
.
He settled in Arkansas and engaged in planting and trading.
Upon the readmission of Arkansas to representation 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, Arkansas
, until his death in that city May 30, 1893.
He was interred in Oakland Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
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Biography
Born near Tamaroa, IllinoisTamaroa, Illinois
Tamaroa is a village in Perry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 740 at the 2000 census. Tamaroa is named after the Tamaroa, an Illiniwek people.-Geography:Tamaroa is located at ....
, Roots completed preparatory studies and was graduated from the Illinois State Normal University in 1862.
Assisted in recruiting the Eighty-first Illinois Volunteers and served in the Army until the close of the Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
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He settled in Arkansas and engaged in planting and trading.
Upon the readmission of Arkansas to representation was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
to the Fortieth
40th United States Congress
The Fortieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1867 to March 4, 1869, during the third and fourth...
Congress.
He was reelected to the Forty-first
41st United States Congress
-House of Representatives:- Senate :* President : Schuyler Colfax* President pro tempore: Henry B. Anthony - House of Representatives :* Speaker: James G. Blaine -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...
Congress and served from June 22, 1868, to March 3, 1871.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second
42nd United States Congress
The Forty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873, during the third and fourth...
Congress.
He served as president of the First National Bank of Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...
, until his death in that city May 30, 1893.
He was interred in Oakland Cemetery.