Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (born May 10, 1793 in Lincoln County , Kentucky , † January 6, 1874 in Gay Hill, Washington County , Texas ) was an American soldier, lawyer, judge, pastor and politician. He was the nephew of US Senator Jesse Bledsoe .

Career

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor served during the British-American War . After the war he studied law , was admitted to the bar and practiced.

He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1819 , but he resigned from this post and moved to Alabama in 1820 , where he continued his practice as a lawyer. There he studied theology , got a license as a preacher and was ordained a Baptist pastor . He was also a member of the Alabama House of Representatives in 1824 . Then he was elected as Jacksonian in the 21st US Congress , but suffered a defeat when he tried for re-election in the subsequent US Congress . He served in the US House of Representatives from March 4, 1829 to March 3, 1831.

Baylor moved to Texas in 1839, where he was elected magistrate and judge on the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas . In 1845 he was one of the founders of Baylor University at Independence (now Waco ) and Baylor Female College at Belton . In the same year he also took part in a constituent assembly where the Texas Constitution was drafted. He then served as a magistrate for twenty-five years. He was also a law professor at Baylor University.

He died in 1874 near Gay Hill, Texas, was buried on the grounds of Baylor University, but later reburied on the campus of Baylor Female College in Belton.

Web links

• Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor in the database of Find a Grave (English)