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Edward Vivian Robertson (May 27, 1881April 15, 1963) was a British-born American politician who served as a member of the
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for
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from 1943 to 1949.


Early life

Born in
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,
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, he served in the Third Battalion of the Welsh Regiment during the
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from 1899 to 1902. He then engaged in mechanical and electric power engineering from 1902 to 1912.


Career

Robertson emigrated to the United States in 1912 and settled in
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. He raised livestock and engaged in the mercantile business at
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, from 1912 to 1942. He was a life trustee of Cody General Hospital and served as vice chairman of the Wyoming Republican Party from 1934 to 1935. Robertson represented Wyoming on the
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from 1935 to 1937. Robertson was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1942 and served from January 3, 1943, to January 3, 1949. During his tenure, Robertson introduced legislation that would grant full citizenship to Native Americans. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1948, and he retired from political and public life.


Personal life

Robertson was a resident of Cody until 1958 when he moved to Pendleton,
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, where he died in 1963. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in
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.


See also

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