Robert Roberts Bishop | |
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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 (aged 76) Newton Center, Massachusetts [1] |
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Mary Helen Bullard, m. December 23, 1857 [1] |
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 election for governor of Massachusetts. [1]