death_date birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place imagesize profession order term_start spouse image name resting_place predecessor birth_place party office successor article_title
25 june 1946 4 july 1868 january 15 , 1921 hiwassee college nashville , tennessee 190px attorney , educator 33rd january 15 , 1919 nora dean bowden -lrb- m. 1889 -rrb- albert h. roberts.jpg albert h. roberts good hope cemetery thomas clarke rye overton county , tennessee democratic party governor of tennessee alfred a. taylor albert h. roberts

albert h. roberts

albert houston roberts -lrb- july 4 , 1868 -- june 25 , 1946 -rrb- was an american politician , educator , and jurist .
he served as governor of tennessee from 1919 to 1921 , having previously served as a state court judge and as principal of the alpine institute .
he is best remembered for calling the special session of the tennessee general assembly that ratified the 19th amendment , which gave women the right to vote , in august 1920 .
roberts ' support for the amendment and his unpopular tax reform initiatives divided the state democratic party and doomed his reelection chances .
