Logan H. Roots

Logan H. Roots
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 1st district
In office June 22, 1868 – March 3, 1871
Succeeded by	James M. Hanks
Personal details
Born	Logan Holt Roots (1841-03-26)March 26, 1841 Perry County, Illinois, U.S.
Died	May 30, 1893(1893-05-30) (aged 52) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Resting place	Oakland Cemetery, Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Illinois State Normal University
Occupation	Businessman; banker
Signature
Military service
Branch	United States Volunteers
Years of service	1862–1865
Rank	Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	81st Illinois Infantry
Wars	American Civil War

Logan Holt Roots (March 26, 1841 – May 30, 1893) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1868 to 1871. He was a member of the Republican Party. He is the namesake of Fort Logan H. Roots.

Roots was born in Perry County, Illinois. He completed preparatory studies and graduated in 1862 from Illinois State Normal University. He assisted in recruiting the 81st Illinois Infantry, in which he served until the close of the Civil War. Commissioned a first lieutenant, by the time of his discharge in 1865, he was breveted a lieutenant colonel.^[1] After the war, Roots settled in Arkansas to engage in planting and business.

Upon the readmission of Arkansas to the Union, Roots served as an internal revenue collector for the first district of Arkansas.^[2] Roots was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and 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. After his time as a U.S. Representative, Roots was appointed marshal for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Political scandal led to his removal the following year.^[1]

In 1891, Roots was named the first president of the Arkansas Bankers Association.^[1] He served as president of the First National Bank of Little Rock until his death. He died at his home in Little Rock on May 30, 1893, and is interred there at Oakland Cemetery.^[3]

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