Robert Anthony Hatcher | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 | |
| Preceded by | Harrison E. Havens |
| Succeeded by | Lowndes Henry Davis |
| Member of the Missouri House of Representatives | |
| In office 1850-1851 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 24, 1819 Buckingham County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 4, 1886 (aged 67) Charleston, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Profession | Politician |
Robert Anthony Hatcher (February 24, 1819 – December 4, 1886) was a prominent Missouri politician and Democrat who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. He then spent three terms in the United States House of Representatives after the war during Reconstruction.
Hatcher was born in Buckingham County, Virginia, and later moved to Kentucky, where he was admitted to the bar, before finally settling in Missouri in 1847. He was member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1850 and 1851.
During the Civil War, he represented the state in the Second Confederate Congress in 1864 and 1865. After the war, he was elected to the United States Congress as a member of the Forty-third Congress, the Forty-fourth Congress, and the Forty-fifth Congress serving from 1873 to 1879. In the Forty-fifth Congress, he served as Chairman of the Committee on Public Expenditures.
