| Edwin E. Roberts | |
| Office: | Mayor of Reno, Nevada |
| Term Start: | 1923 |
| Term End: | 1933 |
| Predecessor: | Harry Stewart |
| Successor: | Sam Frank (acting) |
| State2: | Nevada |
| District2: | At-Large |
| Term Start2: | March 4, 1911 |
| Term End2: | March 3, 1919 |
| Predecessor2: | George A. Bartlett |
| Successor2: | Charles R. Evans |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 1870 |
| Birth Place: | Pleasant Grove, California, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Reno, Nevada, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Odd Fellows Cemetery, Reno, Nevada |
| Relations: | Walter Johnson (son-in-law) |
| Education: | California State Normal School |
| Profession: | Attorney |
| Party: | Republican |
Edwin Ewing Roberts (December 12, 1870 – December 11, 1933) was an American attorney and politician from Nevada. He is best known for his service as a United States representative from 1911 to 1919, and mayor of Reno, Nevada from 1923 to 1933.
Roberts was born and raised in Pleasant Grove, California.[1] He attended the public schools and graduated from the California State Normal School in 1891.[1] He taught school in Hollister, California, from 1891 to 1897 and Empire, Ormsby County, Nevada from 1897 to 1899.[1]
After studying law while teaching school, Roberts was admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Carson City, Nevada.[1] A Republican, he was district attorney of Ormsby County from 1900 to 1910.[1] Beginning in 1912, he was a delegate to every state party convention and almost every national convention until 1932.[1]
In 1910, Roberts was a successful Republican candidate for the U.S. House.[1] He was reelected three times, and served from March 4, 1911 to March 3, 1919.[1] On April 5, 1917 he voted against U.S. entry into World War I against Germany. Roberts did not seek renomination in 1918, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate.[1] He lost to Democrat Charles B. Henderson by a vote of 12,197 to 8,053, and relocated to Reno, where he re-established a law practice.[1]
In 1923, Roberts was elected mayor of Reno.[1] He was reelected in 1927 and 1931, and served until his death.[1] Roberts was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator in 1926 and governor of Nevada in 1930.[1]
He died in Reno on December 11, 1933, one day before his 63rd birthday.[1] Roberts was buried at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Reno.[2]
Roberts was married twice.[1] His first wife, Nora S. Range died in 1926.[1] In 1929, he married Sadie Tomamichael of Reno.[1] With his first wife, he was the father of children Frederick, Bobbie, and Hazel.[3] With his second wife, he was the stepfather of Wilma and J. J. Tomamichael.[3]
Roberts' daughter Hazel Lee Roberts was the wife of baseball pitcher Walter Johnson.[3] They married in Roberts' Washington home on June 24, 1914, with the chaplain of the United States Senate presiding over the ceremony.[4] Johnson served as a county commissioner in Maryland after his baseball career ended, and made an unsuccessful run for Congress as a Republican in 1940.