Robert McCarty Knapp (April 21, 1831 – June 24, 1889) was a

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from

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, brother of Anthony Lausett Knapp. Born in

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, Knapp moved with his parents to

Jerseyville, Illinois Jerseyville is the largest city in and the county seat of Jersey County, Illinois, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 8,337. Jerseyville is a part of Southern Illinois, the Metro-East region and the St. Lou ...

, in 1839. He attended the common schools and the Kentucky Military Institute in Frankfort, Kentucky. He studied law. He was

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in 1855 and commenced practice in Jerseyville. He served as member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1867. He served as mayor of Jerseyville 1871-1876. Knapp was elected as a

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to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874. Knapp was elected to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879). He was again an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878. He resumed the practice of law. He died in

, June 24, 1889. He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery in Jerseyville.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Knapp, Robert McCarty 1831 births 1889 deaths Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives People from Jerseyville, Illinois Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois 19th-century American politicians