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 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 elections, for Governor of Massachusetts.^[1]

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.