Robert Rantoul Jr.

Robert Rantoul Jr.
United States Senator
from Massachusetts
In office
February 1, 1851 – March 3, 1851
Preceded byRobert C. Winthrop
Succeeded byCharles Sumner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1851 – August 7, 1852
Preceded byDaniel P. King
Succeeded byFrancis B. Fay
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
In office
1846–1849
Preceded byFranklin Dexter
Succeeded byGeorge Lunt
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1835–1839
Personal details
Born(1805-08-13)August 13, 1805
Beverly, Massachusetts, US
DiedAugust 7, 1852(1852-08-07) (aged 46)
Washington, D.C., US
Political partyDemocratic
ChildrenRobert S. Rantoul
Charles W. Rantoul
Alma materHarvard University
ProfessionLaw

Robert Rantoul Jr. (August 13, 1805 – August 7, 1852) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts.

Rantoul was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1835–1839), the commission to revise the laws of Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Board of Education (1837–1842).[1] He was the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts (1846–1849). He was elected in 1850 to the United States House of Representatives for the 32nd Congress. Before his term there began, he was named as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Charles Winthrop, who had been appointed after the resignation of Daniel Webster and resigned when he failed to win election to a full term. Rantoul served in the Senate from February 1 to March 3, 1851, and then in the House from March 4, 1851, until his death. He was buried in Central Cemetery, Beverly, Massachusetts. Rantoul had a wife, Jane Elizabeth Woodbury, and two children, Robert S. Rantoul and Charles W. Rantoul.[2]

  1. ^ Luther Hamilton, ed., Memoirs, Speeches, and Writings of Robert Rantoul Jr 25, (Boston, 1854).
  2. ^ Hamilton, 849.