Robert Charles Wickliffe

American politician

Robert Charles Wickliffe


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th district
In office March 4, 1909 – June 11, 1912
Preceded by	George Kent Favrot
Succeeded by	Lewis Lovering Morgan

Personal details
Born	(1874-05-01)May 1, 1874 Bardstown, Kentucky
Died	June 11, 1912(1912-06-11) (aged 38) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Democratic
Relations	Grandson of Charles A. Wickliffe Son of Robert C. Wickliffe
Alma mater	Centre College Tulane University
Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1898
Battles/wars	Spanish–American War

Robert Charles Wickliffe (May 1, 1874 – June 11, 1912), (grandson of Charles A. Wickliffe and cousin of John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana; born in Bardstown, Kentucky, while his parents were visiting relatives; he attended the public schools of St. Francisville, Louisiana; was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1895 and from the law department of Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana in 1897; was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice in St. Francisville; member of the state constitutional convention in 1898; enlisted as a private in Company E, First Regiment, Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, during the Spanish–American War; was mustered out of the service in October 1898; returned to West Feliciana Parish; district attorney of the twenty-fourth judicial district of Louisiana 1902–1906; elected as a Democrat to the 61st and 62nd congresses, (March 4, 1909 – June 11, 1912), when he was killed while crossing a railroad bridge in Washington, D.C.; interment in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.

United States Congress. "Robert Charles Wickliffe (id: W000443)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

Cemetery Memorial by La-Cemeteries
"Killed by a Train", The Emporia Gazette, Kansas, 11 June 1912
Robert C. Wickliffe, late a representative from Louisiana, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1913

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by George K. Favrot	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th congressional district 1909–1912	Succeeded by Lewis L. Morgan