Senate Years of Service: 1852-1853Party: DemocratCHARLTON, Robert Milledge, a Senator from Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga., January 19, 1807; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced…
ROBERTS, Anthony Ellmaker, (grandfather of Robert Grey Bushong), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Barneston Station, Chester County, Pa., on October 29, 1803; received a limited…
ROSE, Robert Selden, (father of Robert Lawson Rose), a Representative from New York; born in Amherst County, Va., February 24, 1774; attended the common schools; moved to Seneca County, N.Y.,…
(Encyclopedia) Robertson, Sir William Robert, 1860–1933, British field marshal. He enlisted in the army in 1877 and became an officer in 1888. He was in the intelligence department in India (1892–96…
VANCE, Robert Brank, (uncle of Robert Brank Vance [1828-1899] and Zebulon Baird Vance), a Representative from North Carolina; born on Reems Creek, near Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., in 1793…
THOMASON, Robert Ewing, a Representative from Texas; born in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., May 30, 1879; moved to Gainesville, Cooke County, Tex., with his parents in 1880; attended the…
Senate Years of Service: 1953-1954Party: RepublicanUPTON, Robert William, a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Boston, Mass., February 3, 1884; attended the public schools; graduated from…