Robert R. Bishop

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 by John B. D. Cogswell
Succeeded by George 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
Born March 13, 1834[2]
Medfield, Massachusetts[2]
Died October 7, 1910
Newton Center, Massachusetts[1]
Nationality American
Political party Republican
Children Robert Roberts Bishop, Jr.; Elias Bullard Bishop; Joseph Torrey Bishop
Alma mater Phillips 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 elections, for Governor of Massachusetts.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 Andover theological seminary. Alumni Association (1910), Necrology, Andover, Ma: Andover Theological Seminary. Alumni Association, p. 317.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Andover theological seminary. Alumni Association (1910), Necrology, Andover, Ma: Andover Theological Seminary. Alumni Association, p. 316.
Political offices
Preceded by
John B. D. Cogswell
President of the Massachusetts Senate
1880–1882
Succeeded by
George Glover Crocker
Party political offices
Preceded by
John Davis Long
Massachusetts Republican Gubernatorial nominee
1882
Succeeded by
George D. Robinson