Edward Vivian Robertson was born in Wales in 1881, of Scotch parentage. He attended public and private schools in Wales, where he was also employed in railroad locomotive shops. He served in the 2nd Boer Wars 1899-1902; immigrated to the United States when he was about 31 years of age and settled in Cody June 8, 1912, where he became interested in the livestock business and today [1943] owns one of the outstanding ranches in the west; became an American citizen in 1925; member of American National Livestock Association, Wyoming Farm Bureau; vice-president of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, 1934-1936, and a member of the Wool Growers Association, in which he has been active for the past 25 years [1943]; Republican National Committeeman from Wyoming 1935-1937: elected United States Senator in November 1942. During World War II, Robertson gained national attention for claiming that Japanese American internees at camps like Heart Mountain Relocation Center near Cody, Wyoming, lived in luxurious conditions and hoarded rationed foods at the expense of the American taxpayers. He lost reelection to Lester Hunt in 1948 and retired from public life.

In 1958, he moved to Pendleton, Oregon, where he died April 15, 1963.

Additional Resources

•  Senator E.V. Robertson Collection, MS 24, McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West (accessed October 2016)
• Edward Vivian Robertson memorial, FindAGrave.com (accessed October 2016)
•  Edward Vivian Robertson, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. (accessed October 2016)