Robert M. Wallace

Robert Minor Wallace (born August 6, 1856 in New London , Union County , Arkansas , † November 9, 1942 in Magnolia , Arkansas) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1911 he represented the seventh constituency of the state of Arkansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Wallace attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1876 the Arizona Seminary in Arizona ( Louisiana ). After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1879, he began to work in his new profession in El Dorado . He was a member of the Democratic Party and was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1881 and 1882 . Wallace worked for the American Post between 1887 and 1891. He was then from 1891 to 1892 prosecutor in the 13th judicial district of Arkansas. In 1894, he became assistant federal district attorney.

In 1902 Wallace was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the newly created seventh constituency of Arkansas . After three re-elections, he was able to complete a total of four legislative terms in Congress between March 4, 1903 and March 3, 1911 . In 1910 he was no longer nominated for another term by his party. After leaving Congress, Wallace worked as a lawyer in Hot Springs and Little Rock . At that time he also campaigned for the prohibition movement . He later moved to Magnolia, where he died in 1942.

Web links

• Robert M. Wallace in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert M. Wallace in the database of Find a Grave (English)