Robert E. Lee Blackburn

Robert E. Lee Blackburn (born April 9, 1870 in Furnace , Estill County , Kentucky , †  September 20, 1935 in Lexington , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1929 and 1931 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

As a child, Robert Blackburn came to Stanton with his parents , where he attended public schools. He then graduated from Elliot Academy in Kirksville . Between 1891 and 1900 he worked as a traveling salesman for an oil company. During the Spanish-American War , Blackburn served as a lieutenant in a volunteer infantry unit. He then worked in Stanton in trade and agriculture.

Blackburn was a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1904 and 1905 . Between 1906 and 1910 he worked as an administrative clerk at the Powell County District Court . He then worked in the insurance industry and in the stock market until 1919. At the same time, he continued to work in the oil industry. From 1926 to 1928 he was a member of the Kentucky Agriculture Committee.

In the 1928 congressional elections he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Kentucky , where Virgil Chapman succeeded on March 4, 1929 . Since he lost in the elections of 1930 against Chapman, he could only term in until March 3, 1931 Congress completed. This time was shaped by the events of the Great Depression. In 1932, Blackburn ran unsuccessfully to return to the US House of Representatives. After leaving Congress, he resumed his previous activities until his death in September 1935.

Web links

• Robert E. Lee Blackburn in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert E. Lee Blackburn in the database of Find a Grave (English)