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Southern Mississippi pecan orchard, rejected the resolution due to the fact that the legislators did not individually sign the pledge. He called the legislators' meeting a "fool session" and accused them of trying to wreck his administration. In
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Finance Committee and also served on other committees including Judiciary; Banks and Banking; Levees; and Rules. In April 1938, the Senate paid tribute to Roberts as its
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soldiers" managing textbook distribution would ultimately segregate textbook storage anyway without the specifications in the amendment. Ultimately, the amendment failed with a 18–22 vote in the Senate.
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Presidents pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate
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961:"Senator Roberts, State Leader dies in Rosedale Home"
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727:Roberts died after a brief illness at his home in
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852:"Senator Roberts Reaches Climax Of Bright Career"
1925:. Princeton University Press. 1957. p. 33.
1170:"House and Senate Roll Call For Session '28-32"
1696:"Special Report to Tell Solons About Finances"
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922:. Reprint Company. 1976. pp. 505, 581.
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1937:"Zoe Austin in Social Security Death Index"
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1444:"Quarterly Tax Payment Bill Is Approved"
1366:"State Solons Plan Payment Of Old Debts"
1763:""Pruned" Free Textbook Bill Is Signed"
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1961:"Obituary for Zoe Roberts Austin"
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1896:"Obituary for Frank R. Reid It"
2152:Presidents pro tempore of the
1850:Williams, Wirt Alfred (1948).
1336:. 29 September 1931. p. 1
1229:"Roberts Calls Senate To Meet"
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1986:"Obituary for Leon B. Austin"
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1597:"Pike Black, 87, Gets Pardon"
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1305:"107 Legislators Attend Meet"
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542:. Both legislators supported
402:Delta State Teachers' College
42:President pro tempore of the
2102:"Obituary for W. C. Roberts"
1702:. 8 January 1932. p. 12
1641:"87 Legislators Are Elected"
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1500:. 28 October 1931. p. 3
1494:"Filibuster In State Senate"
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1145:The Mississippi Encyclopedia
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1097:The Bolivar County Democrat
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1072:The Bolivar County Democrat
1047:The Bolivar County Democrat
1022:The Bolivar County Democrat
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1871:"Obituary for J. A. Swift"
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1523:The Greenwood Commonwealth
1448:The Greenwood Commonwealth
1423:The Winston County Journal
1398:The Greenwood Commonwealth
1370:The Greenwood Commonwealth
1334:The Greenwood Commonwealth
1311:. 28 April 1931. p. 5
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1235:. 23 April 1931. p. 1
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858:. 10 April 1938. p. 6
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1572:"Roberts Asks Cotton Law"
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2017:. 1912-03-16. p. 3
1992:. 1953-01-10. p. 3
1922:Princeton Alumni Weekly
1902:. 1928-04-15. p. 5
1877:. 1957-06-12. p. 6
993:"Senator Roberts pt. 2"
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648:1890 state constitution
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303:Tennessee state senator
283:Governor of Mississippi
232:Minnie Elizabeth Poole
2015:Vicksburg Evening Post
1625:Mississippi Blue Books
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394:Cleveland, Mississippi
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2064:The Commercial Appeal
729:Rosedale, Mississippi
688:. He belonged to the
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340:Rosedale, Mississippi
311:Vanderbilt University
271:Rosedale, Mississippi
209:Rosedale, Mississippi
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189:Louisville, Kentucky
2654:American Christians
2619:Mississippi lawyers
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577:Richard Russell Jr.
481:, and House Member
444:Lieutenant Governor
315:admitted to the bar
2011:"Roberts - Austin"
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713:Walter Sillers Jr.
705:Memphis, Tennessee
698:Knights of Pythias
656:Plessy v. Ferguson
602:Luther Whittington
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161:Oscar O. Wolfe Jr.
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