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Robert Milton Speer (September 8, 1838 – January 17, 1890) was a Democratic member of the
Robert Milton Speer
at The Political Graveyard *
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania 1838 births 1890 deaths Pennsylvania lawyers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub
Robert Milton Speer (September 8, 1838 – January 17, 1890) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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from Pennsylvania
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.
Robert M. Speer was born in Cassville, Pennsylvania
Cassville is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 138.
Geography
Cassville is located in south-central Huntingdon County at (40.293042, -78.027646), at an elevation of . ...
. He attended Cassville Academy, taught school, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
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. He was elected assistant clerk of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
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It ...
in 1863.
Speer was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1872
Events
January–March
* January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years.
* February 2 – The government of the United Kingdom buys a number of forts on ...
and 1880
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia.
* January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy.
* February †...
. He resumed the practice of law and in 1876 became one of the proprietors of the '' Huntingdon Monitor''. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1880
Events
January–March
* January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia.
* January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy.
* February †...
to the Forty-seventh Congress. He died in New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
in 1890. Interment is in Riverview Cemetery in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
Sources
Robert Milton Speer
at The Political Graveyard *
External links
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania 1838 births 1890 deaths Pennsylvania lawyers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub