Robert Murphy Mayo
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Robert Murphy Mayo (April 28, 1836 - March 29, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Born in Hague, Virginia, Mayo attended private schools and William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia. He was graduated from Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in 1858. He was instructor in mathematics at Mount Pleasant Military Academy, Sing Sing (now Ossining), New York, and later at Virginia Military Institute. He studied law at Lexington Law School (now Washington and Lee University) in 1858 and 1859. He served throughout the Civil War in the Confederate States Army, first as major and later as colonel of the Forty-seventh Regiment of Virginia. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hague, Virginia, in 1865. He served as member of the State house of delegates in 1881, 1882, and 1885-1888. Presented credentials as a Readjuster Member-elect to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1883, to March 20, 1884, when he was succeeded by George T. Garrison, who contested the election. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. He resumed the practice of law. He died in Hague, Virginia, March 29, 1896. He was interred in Yeocomico Cemetery, Tucker Hill, Virginia.
