Robert Fulwood Ligon
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Robert Fulwood Ligon (December 16, 1823 - October 11, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Watkinsville, Georgia, Ligon attended the country schools of his native county, the academy near Watkinsville, and the University of Georgia at Athens. He moved to Athens, Georgia, and later, in 1844, to Tuskegee, Alabama. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in Tuskegee. He served in the Mexican War as a captain in the First Alabama Battalion. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1849 and 1850. He served in the State senate 1861-1864. During the Civil War served in the Confederate States Army as captain of Company F, Twelfth Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Rhodes' division. He resumed the practice of law. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1872. Lieutenant Governor of Alabama in 1874.
Ligon was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878. He continued the practice of law until 1884, when he retired from active practice and moved to Montgomery. He engaged in banking and as a planter. He served forty years as president of the board of trustees of the Alabama Female College. He was also a trustee of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute at Auburn for many years. He died in Montgomery, Alabama, October 11, 1901. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.
