Robert R. Rose Jr. (November 1, 1915 – June 1997) was an American jurist who served as a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court from March 15, 1975, to November 1, 1985. Rose was born in

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, in 1915 to Robert R. and Eleanor Rose.Wyoming Blue Book, 50th Legislature Centennial Edition, Vol. 4, 1991 at 138. In 1941, he received a law degree from the

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and entered private practice in

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. He served as mayor of Casper in 1949 and 1950 and was elected to a term in the

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in 1949. He ran for a seat in the

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, but was defeated by the incumbent,

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. Rose was appointed to the Wyoming Supreme Court by Governor Edgar J. Herschler on March 15, 1975, and retired on November 1, 1985. Afterwards he maintained a law practice in Cheyenne in association with the Jackson law firm of Spence, Moriaty and Schuster. He also served on the faculty of the

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. In 1993, he helped to establish the Trial Lawyers College.Wyoming State Archives biography of Robert R. Rose, Jr., available at 2301 Central Ave, Cheyenne, WY 82001.

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