[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] 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.

[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.