Frank Livezey Roberts (December 28, 1915 – October 31, 1993) was an American politician from the state of Oregon.

The couple divorced prior to 1960, the year Frank married Betty Cantrell Rice, then a single mother of four and teacher in Portland.

[1] Frank Roberts' daughter, Mary Wendy Roberts, also served in the Oregon House from 1973–75 and the State Senate from 1975–79, and served alongside her father and stepmother, Betty, for several years before being elected into statewide office as Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries.

[1][4] Frank and Mary Wendy were the first, and to date, only, father-daughter team to serve simultaneously in the Oregon Legislative Assembly.

[5] In 1971, Roberts met Barbara Hughey Sanders, a single mother with an autistic son, who was lobbying for the right of disabled students to attend public schools.

[citation needed] Radiation treatment for his cancer destroyed the nerves in his legs and rendered him unable to walk.