Robert B. Gordon

Robert B. Gordon (1903)

Robert Bryarly Gordon (born August 6, 1855 in St. Marys , Ohio , †  January 3, 1923 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1899 and 1903 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Gordon attended public schools in his homeland. Between 1885 and 1889 he was a postman in St. Marys; from 1890 to 1896 he was an auditor for Auglaize County . Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . In July 1896 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where William Jennings Bryan was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the congressional election of 1898 , Gordon was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the fourth constituency of Ohio, where he succeeded George A. Marshall on March 4, 1899 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1903 .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Robert Gordon worked in St. Marys in the grain and milling business. From 1911 to 1913 he controlled the Document Room in the House of Representatives; from 1913 to 1919 he held the position of Sergeant at Arms there as the successor to Charles F. Riddell . He died in Washington on January 3, 1923 and was buried in St. Marys.

Web links

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• Robert B. Gordon in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert B. Gordon in the database of Find a Grave (English)