Robert S. Rose

Robert Selden Rose
Robert Selden Rose, New York Congressman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 26th district
In office 1823–1827 Serving with Dudley Marvin
Preceded by	New district
Succeeded by	John Maynard Dudley Marvin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 26th district
In office 1829–1831 Serving with Jehiel H. Halsey
Preceded by	John Maynard Dudley Marvin
Succeeded by	John Dickson William Babcock
Personal details
Born	(1774-02-24)February 24, 1774 Amherst County, Virginia Colony, British America
Died	November 24, 1835(1835-11-24) (aged 61) Waterloo, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Glenwood Cemetery, Geneva, New York, U.S.
Political party	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican
Children	Robert Lawson Rose (son) Robert C. Nicholas (son-in-law)

Robert Selden Rose (February 24, 1774 – November 24, 1835) was a U.S. Representative (1823–1827) from New York.

Early life and education

Born in Amherst County in the Virginia Colony, Rose attended the common schools.

Marriage and family

Rose married Jane Lawson in Virginia, and they had seven children, including a son, Robert Lawson Rose (1804–1877), who also served as US Congressman from New York (1847–1851).

Slave Owner

The 1810 Census shows 37 enslaved people in his household, who worked on his plantation and served in his house. The 1820 Census shows 9 enslaved people. Slavery ended in New York state in 1827, and the 1830 Census shows 3 free people of color in his household and no slaves.

Career

In an unusual migration path, Rose moved north to Seneca County, New York in 1803. It was a time when millions of acres of public land were sold at inexpensive prices. He purchased land from Dr. Alexander Coventry and settled at Fayette, New York, near Geneva, New York, where he named his plantation Rose Hill.

He was first elected as a member of the state assembly in 1811. He was elected again in 1820 and 1821. That year he also served as a member of the state constitutional convention at Albany, New York.

In 1822 Rose was elected to the Eighteenth Congress as an Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican. He was reelected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress, serving in total from March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1827.

The following year, Rose was elected as an anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831). He was later affiliated with the Whig Party. After serving in Congress, he resumed agricultural pursuits.

Rose died in Waterloo, New York, while attending a session of the circuit court, on November 24, 1835. He was interred in the Old Pulteney Street Cemetery. Later his remains were reinterred in Glenwood Cemetery, Geneva, New York.

State Senator Robert C. Nicholas (1801–1854) was his son-in-law.

References

• United States Congress. "Robert S. Rose (id: R000439)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• Robert S. Rose at Find a Grave
• Historic Geneva https://historicgeneva.org/people/slavery-at-rose-hill-mansion/