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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriEdward ROBB
(1857-1934)
ROBB, Edward, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Brazeau, Perry County, Mo.,
March 19, 1857; attended the common schools, Brazeau (Mo.) Academy,
Fruitland (Mo.) Normal Institute, and the University of Missouri at
Columbia; was graduated from the law department of the University
of Missouri in March 1879; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and
commenced practice in Perryville; elected prosecuting attorney of
Perry County in 1880 and reelected in 1882; member of the State
house of representatives 1884-1886; assistant attorney general of
the State 1889-1893; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and
to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1905);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth
Congress; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908;
resumed the practice of law until his death in Perryville, Mo.,
March 13, 1934; interment in Home Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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