Robert Milton Spear

Robert Milton Spear

Robert Milton Speer (born September 8, 1838 in Cassville , Huntingdon County , Pennsylvania , †  January 17, 1890 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1871 and 1875 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Speer attended the Cassville Academy and then taught himself as a teacher for some time. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1859, he began to work in Huntingdon in this profession. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . In 1872 and 1880 he took part as a delegate at the respective Democratic National Conventions . In 1863 he was elected to the office of Assistant Clerk of the State House of Representatives , an administrative position with the US House of Representatives .

In the 1870 congressional election , Speer was elected to the 17th  constituency of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Republican Daniel Johnson Morrell on March 4, 1871 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1875 . In 1874 he renounced another candidacy.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Robert Speer practiced as a lawyer again. In 1876 he became a co-owner of the Huntingdon Monitor newspaper ; In 1880 he applied unsuccessfully to return to Congress. He died in New York on January 17, 1890 and was buried in Huntingdon.

Web links

• Robert Milton Speer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Robert Milton spear in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Daniel Johnson Morrell	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (17th constituency) March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1875	John Reilly