Robert Mallory (November 15, 1815 – August 11, 1885) was a nineteenth-century American politician and lawyer from

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. Born in Madison Court House, Virginia, Mallory attended private schools and graduated from the

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in 1827. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in

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, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837, commencing practice in

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. He was elected an

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and later Unionist to the

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in 1858, serving from 1859 to 1865, being unsuccessful for reelection in 1864. There, Mallory served as chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals from 1859 to 1863. He was a delegate to the

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in 1866 and was one of the vice presidents of the

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in 1876. He resumed agricultural pursuits until his death near

on August 11, 1885. He was interred in Spring Hill Family Cemetery in Ballardsville, Kentucky.

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