Robert Mullen was a Democratic state senator. On November 3, 1868, he was elected member of the

Nevada Senate The Nevada Senate is the upper house of the Nevada Legislature, the state legislature of U.S. state of Nevada, the lower house being the Nevada Assembly. It currently (2012–2021) consists of 21 members from single-member districts. In the pr ...

, representing

Nye County Nye County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 51,591. Its county seat is Tonopah. At , Nye is Nevada's largest county by area and the third-largest county in the contiguous United States, behi ...

. Mullen's term started the next day and he served in two regular sessions until the next election in November 1872. In 1870, he was also appointed to a local committee to ascertain means of facilitating the construction of a railroad in his region of the state. In 1872, it was reported that Mullen was "about to leave Nevada for the East"."Telegraphic Dispatches", ''The Pioche Record'' (October 15, 1872), p. 2.

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