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 (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]

See also

• 1874 Massachusetts legislature
• 1878 Massachusetts legislature
• 1880 Massachusetts legislature
• 1881 Massachusetts legislature

References

1. Andover theological seminary. Alumni Association (1910), Necrology, Andover, Ma: Andover Theological Seminary. Alumni Association, p. 317
2. 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