Robert P. Dick

Robert Paine Dick (October 5, 1823 in Greensboro, NC – September 12, 1898 in Greensboro) was an attorney, North Carolina Supreme Court justice (1868–1872), and United States District Court judge (1872–1898). Originally a Democrat, Dick served as United States attorney for the District of North Carolina from 1853 to 1861. He was a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention and was the only delegate from North Carolina who did not walk out after the nomination of Senator Stephen A. Douglas. He also served in the North Carolina State Senate. One of Dick's daughters later married Robert M. Douglas, son of the U.S. senator.

Dick became a Republican after the American Civil War. President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Dick to a new judgeship in 1872.

Dick and John H. Dillard (also a former state Supreme Court justice) founded Dick and Dillard Law School in Greensboro, which trained nearly 300 lawyers between 1878 and 1893.

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