74th district (1919–1931) 62nd district (1931–1935)
Personal details
Born
(1879-09-14)September 14, 1879 Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S.
Died
July 19, 1952(1952-07-19) (aged 72) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place
Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Pearl Hinds
(m. 1921)
Children
Gloria Roberts Patricia Roberts
Education
University of Southern California Colorado College
Frederick Madison Roberts (September 14, 1879 – July 19, 1952) was an American newspaper owner and editor, educator and business owner; he became a politician, the first known man of African American descent elected to the California State Assembly. He served there for 16 years and became known as "dean of the assembly." He has been honored as the first person of African-American descent to be elected to public office among the states on the West Coast.
Roberts was a great-grandson of Sally Hemings of Monticello and President Thomas Jefferson.
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a white man in the regular army. Among Madison and Mary Hemings' grandchildren was FrederickMadisonRoberts, the first African American elected to office...
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descendants became leaders in the 20th century. Their first son, FrederickMadisonRoberts (1879–1952) – Sally Hemings' and Jefferson's great-grandson –...
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Digital Archive". sewardproject.org. Retrieved 2023-12-15. "Memoirs of Madison Hemings". Frontline. Public Broadcasting Service - WGBH Boston. Retrieved...
stage coach and given $50 (~$1,145 in 2023) for her journey. Her brother Madison Hemings later said she had gone to Washington, DC, to join their older...
notion of leaving Eppington. She was finally, though, set to travel on the Robert and during the voyage became a friend of the captain, Andrew Ramsay. She...
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proclaimed the world's first Sally Hemings Day. The sculpture is near Frederick M. Roberts Park, named after Sally Hemings' descendant, who signed legislation...
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Monticello with her sons. They were counted as free whites in the 1830 census. Madison Hemings, in an article titled, "Life Among the Lowly", in small Ohio newspaper...
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