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Logan H. (Logan Holt) Roots
1841–1893
A Union officer turned Reconstruction-era congressman, he helped shape postwar Arkansas before building a career in banking and public life. His story moves from Civil War service to national politics at a moment when the state was being remade.
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About the author
Born in Illinois in 1841, Logan Holt Roots studied at Illinois College and worked in engineering before the Civil War. He joined the Union Army, served in the Western Theater, and rose to the rank of brevet lieutenant colonel.
After the war, he settled in Arkansas, where he became active in Republican politics during Reconstruction. He represented Arkansas in the U.S. House from 1868 to 1871, a period when the state's government and political identity were being rebuilt after the war.
Roots later worked in banking and business and remained a visible public figure in Arkansas until his death in Little Rock in 1893. Fort Logan H. Roots, later a well-known military post in North Little Rock, was named in his honor.