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Robert LOWRY, Congress, IN (1824-1904)

LOWRY, Robert, a Representative from Indiana; born in Killeleigh, County Down, Ireland, April 2, 1824; immigrated to the United States and settled in Rochester, N.Y.; educated in private…

Robert Samuel KERR, Congress, OK (1896-1963)

Senate Years of Service: 1949-1963Party: DemocratKERR, Robert Samuel, a Senator from Oklahoma; born in the Chickasaw Indian Territory, Okla., near the present town of Ada, September 11, 1896;…

Robert Latham OWEN, Congress, OK (1856-1947)

Senate Years of Service: 1907-1925Party: DemocratOWEN, Robert Latham, a Senator from Oklahoma; born in Lynchburg, Campbell County, Va., February 2, 1856; attended private schools in Lynchburg…

Robert Barnwell SMITH, Congress, SC (1800-1876)

Senate Years of Service: 1850-1852Party: DemocratSMITH, Robert Barnwell, a Representative and a Senator from South Carolina. (See RHETT, Robert Barnwell.) Source: Biographical Directory of…

Adams, Robert McCormick, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Adams, Robert McCormick, Jr., 1926–, American anthropologist, b. Chicago, Ill., grad. Univ. of Chicago (Ph.B., 1947; M.A., 1952; Ph.D., 1956). He served on the faculty of the Univ. of…

Robert Blackford DUNCAN, Congress, OR (1920)

DUNCAN, Robert Blackford, a Representative from Oregon; born in Normal, McLean County, Ill., December 4, 1920; was raised in Bloomington, Ill., and attended public schools there; attended…

Robert MENENDEZ, Congress, NJ (1954)

Senate Years of Service: 2006-Party: DemocratMENENDEZ, Robert, a Senator and a Representative from New Jersey; born in New York, N.Y., on January 1, 1954; graduated from Union Hill High School…

Taft, Robert Alphonso

(Encyclopedia) Taft, Robert Alphonso, 1889–1953, American politician, b. Cincinnati, Ohio; son of William Howard Taft. He practiced law in Ohio and served (1921–26, 1931–32) in the state legislature…