Albert Houston Roberts

Roberts's road to the governor's office ran through classrooms and courtrooms. He graduated from Hiwassee College in 1889, was admitted to the bar in 1894 and opened a practice in Livingston, and he served five years as the county's school superintendent. From 1910 to 1918 he was chancellor of the Fourth Judicial Division, traveling fifteen counties twice a year. He lost the 1914 Democratic primary to Tom C. Rye, then beat Austin Peay for the 1918 nomination. In June 1919 he married Alvin C. York and Gracie Williams at Pall Mall.

What the plaque says

Albert Houston Roberts Born 0.7 mi. from here, July 4, 1868. First a teacher, then county school superintendent, he later served 10 years as Chancellor of the Fourth Division, of 15 counties. Elected Governor in 1919, he served one term, during which the Woman Suffrage Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. He died June 25, 1946.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Standing Stone State Park — 12 mi
  A New Deal park on Mill Creek named for a vanished stone that Native peoples revered and railroad builders blasted, with a lake, 1930s cabins and a marbles championship.
• Cordell Hull Birthplace and Museum State Park — 13 mi
  A replica of the log cabin where the secretary of state and Nobel laureate was born in 1871, with a museum of his belongings, in Pickett County's hills.
• Muddy Pond Mennonite Community — 14 mi
  A Mennonite farming community in Overton County near Monterey, known for sorghum syrup pressed and boiled each fall and for the farm stores along its roads.
• Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park — 17 mi
  The Wolf River valley farm, gristmill and grave of Alvin York, the conscientious objector turned Medal of Honor soldier, now a National Historic Landmark district.

More markers nearby

• Alpine School — 0.2 mi
• Gov. Albert H. Roberts 35th Governor of Tennessee - 1919-2921 — 5.8 mi
• Livingston Academy — 5.8 mi
• Birthplace of Lester Raymond Flatt — 6.0 mi