Robert R. Bishop

American politician

Robert Roberts Bishop
Associate Justice of the
Massachusetts
Superior Court[1]
In office
March 7, 1888[1] – October 7, 1910[1]
President of the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office
1880[1]–1882[1]
Preceded byJohn B. D. Cogswell
Succeeded byGeorge Glover Crocker
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
In office
1878[1]–1882[1]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1874[2]–1874[1]
Personal details
BornMarch 13, 1834[2]
Medfield, Massachusetts[2]
DiedOctober 7, 1910 (aged 76)
Newton Center, Massachusetts[1]
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Mary Helen Bullard, m. December 23, 1857[1]
ChildrenRobert Roberts Bishop, Jr.; Elias Bullard Bishop; Joseph Torrey Bishop
Alma materPhillips Academy,[2] Harvard Law School, 1857[2]

Robert Roberts Bishop (March 13, 1834 – October 7, 1910) was a Massachusetts lawyer and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,[2] as a member, and President of, the Massachusetts Senate and as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.[1] Bishop was also the unsuccessful Republican Party nominee in the 1882 election for governor of Massachusetts.[1]

See also

  • 1874 Massachusetts legislature
  • 1878 Massachusetts legislature
  • 1880 Massachusetts legislature
  • 1881 Massachusetts legislature

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Andover theological seminary. Alumni Association (1910), Necrology, Andover, Ma: Andover Theological Seminary. Alumni Association, p. 317
  2. ^ a b c d e f Andover theological seminary. Alumni Association (1910), Necrology, Andover, Ma: Andover Theological Seminary. Alumni Association, p. 316
Political offices
Preceded by President of the Massachusetts Senate
1880–1882 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Massachusetts Republican Gubernatorial nominee
1882 		Succeeded by
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