R. E. B. Baylor | |
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 Portrait by Henry Arthur McArdle | |
| Judge of the Third Judicial District of Texas | |
| In office April 16, 1846 – October 6, 1863 | |
| Nominated by | J. Pinckney Henderson |
| Associate Judge of the Third Judicial District of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas | |
| In office January 7, 1841 – January 5, 1846 | |
| Preceded by | John T. Mills |
| Succeeded by | Court abolished |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | |
| Preceded by | John McKee |
| Succeeded by | Samuel W. Mardis |
| Member of the Alabama House of Representatives from Tuscaloosa County | |
| In office November 15, 1824 – December 25, 1824 | |
| Preceded by | James Hill |
| Succeeded by | Seth Barton Marmaduke Williams |
| Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from Bourbon County | |
| In office December 6, 1819 – 1820 | |
| Preceded by | George W. Baylor |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 10, 1793 Lincoln County, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | December 30, 1873 (aged 80) Gay Hill, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican Jacksonian |
| Other political affiliations | Whig Democratic Know Nothing (1855–1857) |
| Relatives | George W. Baylor (brother) Walker Keith Baylor (brother) J. Walker Baylor Jr. (nephew) Henry W. Baylor (nephew) John R. Baylor (nephew) George W. Baylor (nephew) Thomas Chilton (cousin) Will Chilton (cousin) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States Republic of Texas |
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| Years of service | 1812-1815 (KVM) 1836 (AVM) 1840 (Texas) |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
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Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (May 10, 1793 – December 30, 1873) was an American statesman, jurist, ordained Baptist minister, war veteran, slave owner, and a co-founder and the namesake of Baylor University. According to Thomas R. Phillips and James W. Paulsen, he was one of the most productive justices on the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas.