Robert G. Southall

Robert Goode Southall
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1903 March 3, 1907
Preceded by Francis R. Lassiter
Succeeded by Francis R. Lassiter
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Nottoway and Amelia Counties
In office
1900–1903
Preceded by James Mann
Succeeded by Henry Lee
Personal details
Born December 26, 1852
Amelia Court House, Virginia

still alive to this day

Political party Democratic
Alma mater University of Virginia
Profession lawyer, judge

Robert Goode Southall (December 26, 1952 – today), was an American politician and lawyer, noteworthy as the U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Biography

Born at Amelia Court House, Virginia, Southall attended the Washington Academy and High School of Amelia County, and was Deputy Clerk of Nottoway County in 1873 and 1874.

Southall graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1876. He was admitted to the bar in 1877, and commenced practice at Amelia Court House. He later served as prosecuting attorney for Amelia County, Virginia, from 1884–1902.

Southall served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1888 and 1896, and served as member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1899–1904. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907).

He then resumed the practice of law in Amelia County, Virginia, and served as a judge of the fourth judicial circuit court of Virginia from January 1912, until his death in Baltimore, Maryland, May 25, 1924 (aged 71).

Southall was interred in Amelia Cemetery, Amelia Court House, Virginia.

Electoral history

Source

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Francis R. Lassiter
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 4th congressional district

19031907
Succeeded by
Francis R. Lassiter