Robert Bryarly Gordon (August 6, 1855 – January 3, 1923) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Ohio
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for two terms from 1899 to 1903.
Biography
Born at
St. Marys,
Auglaize County, Ohio
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, Gordon attended the public schools. He served as Postmaster of St. Marys from 1885 to 1889, as auditor of Auglaize County from 1890 to 1896, and served as delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1896.
Gordon was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
Fifty-sixth and
Fifty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903). He later engaged in the flour and grain business at St. Marys, Ohio. He served as superintendent of the document room of the House of Representatives from 1911 to 1913, and as
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives from 1913 to 1919. He died in
Washington, D.C.
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, and is interred in Elm Grove Cemetery, St. Marys, Ohio.
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1855 births
1923 deaths
Sergeants at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
People from St. Mary's, Ohio
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio