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 byJohn B. D. Cogswell
Succeeded byGeorge 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
BornMarch 13, 1834[2]
Medfield, Massachusetts[2]
DiedOctober 7, 1910 (aged 76)
Newton Center, Massachusetts[1]
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Mary Helen Bullard, m. December 23, 1857[1]
ChildrenRobert Roberts Bishop, Jr.; Elias Bullard Bishop; Joseph Torrey Bishop
Alma materPhillips 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]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Andover theological seminary. Alumni Association (1910), Necrology, Andover, Ma: Andover Theological Seminary. Alumni Association, p. 317
  2. ^ a b c d e f Andover theological seminary. Alumni Association (1910), Necrology, Andover, Ma: Andover Theological Seminary. Alumni Association, p. 316