Robert C. Wickliffe (politician, 1874)

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Robert Charles Wickliffe (born May 1, 1874 in Bardstown , Kentucky , †  June 11, 1912 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1909 and 1912 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Wickliffe was a grandson of Charles A. Wickliffe (1788-1869), who was US Postal Secretary and Governor and Congressman from Kentucky. He was also a cousin of JCW Beckham (1869-1940), who sat for Kentucky in the US Senate between 1915 and 1921 . Robert Wickliffe attended public schools in St. Francisville, Louisiana. Then he studied until 1895 at Center College in Danville (Kentucky). After studying law at Tulane University in New Orleans and being admitted to the bar in 1897, he began working in this profession in St. Francisville in 1898.

Politically, Wickliffe joined the Democratic Party . In 1898 he was a member of an assembly to revise the state constitution of Louisiana. He took part in the Spanish-American War as a soldier in an infantry unit from Louisiana. Between 1902 and 1906, Wickliffe was a district attorney in the 24th Judicial District of Louisiana. In the 1908 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the sixth constituency of Louisiana. There he took over from George K. Favrot on March 4, 1909 . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his death on June 11, 1912. Robert Wickliffe died in an accident when he crossed a railroad bridge in Washington and was hit by a train.

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SURNAME Wickliffe, Robert C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wickliffe, Robert Charles (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Bardstown , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1912
Place of death Washington, DC