Robert Barr Todd (1826–February 4, 1901) was a justice of the

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from April 5, 1880 to June 11, 1888. Todd's birthplace was

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. Born in Missouri, Todd's parents were state court judge David Todd and Eliza Barr, and his grandfather was pioneer

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. Todd graduated from the University of Missouri in 1843 received an A.M. from that institution in 1845, gaining

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that same year."Our Judges: The Supreme Court of Louisiana", ''The Times-Picayune'' (May 1, 1887), p. 10. Robert and his cousin were the first two graduates of the new University.https://muarchives.missouri.edu/exh_mu_cemetery_todd.html Sprits of Mizzou: Robert L. Todd In 1846, Todd accompanied

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on a military expedition to Mexico, returning the following year, and then settling in Louisiana in 1848. He participated in the 1860 Secession Convention, voting in favor of secession, and in the Constitutional Convention of 1879, which created the new court to which Todd was appointed the following year. Todd married Anne Ruth Brigham on October 17, 1850. On February 4, 1901, Todd died at his daughter's home in Brooklyn, New York, at the age of 75.''Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana'' (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart, eds., ''The Louisiana Historical Quarterly'' (1922), p. 122.

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