Robert McKee Bashford

The Honorable
Robert M. Bashford
Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
In office
January 8, 1908 – July 1, 1908
Appointed byJames O. Davidson
Preceded byJohn B. Cassoday
Succeeded byJohn Barnes
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 26th district
In office
January 11, 1893 – January 13, 1897
Preceded byWillett Main
Succeeded byChauncey B. Welton
25th Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin
In office
April 1890 – April 1891
Preceded byMoses Ransom Doyon
Succeeded byWilliam H. Rogers
Personal details
Born
Robert McKee Bashford

(1845-12-31)December 31, 1845
Fayette, Wisconsin
DiedJanuary 29, 1911(1911-01-29) (aged 65)
Madison, Wisconsin
Cause of deathCardiovascular disease
Resting placeForest Hill Cemetery
Madison, Wisconsin
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
  • Florence E. Taylor
  • (died 1886)
  • Sarah Amelia Fuller
  • (died 1915)
Children
  • Florence (Spensley)
  • (b. 1875; died 1942)
Parents
  • Samuel Morris Bashford (father)
  • Mary Ann (McKee) (Trousdale) (mother)
ProfessionLawyer

Robert McKee Bashford (December 31, 1845 – January 29, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 25th Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, and represented Dane County in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1893 to 1897. He also served briefly as a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1908, after the death of Chief Justice John B. Cassoday.