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Robert B. Macon
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arkansas's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913
Preceded byPhilip D. McCulloch Jr.
Succeeded byThaddeus H. Caraway
Personal details
Born(1859-07-06)July 6, 1859
Phillips County, Arkansas
DiedAugust 9, 1925(1925-08-09) (aged 66)
Marvell, Arkansas
Resting placeElmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee
Political partyDemocratic

Robert Bruce Macon (July 6, 1859 – October 9, 1925) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1903 to 1913.

Biography

Macon was born near Trenton, Arkansas, and was left an orphan at the age of nine. He attended the public schools and studied at home, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1891. He commenced practice in Helena, Arkansas.

Political career

He served as member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1883 to 1887, as clerk of the circuit court from 1892 to 1896, and as prosecuting attorney for the first judicial district from 1898 to 1902.

Congress

Macon was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913).[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912.

Later career and death

He continued the practice of law in Helena, Arkansas, until he retired in 1917.

He died in Marvell, Arkansas, October 9, 1925 and was interred in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee.

References

  1. ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byPhilip McCulloch Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 1st congressional district March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 Succeeded byThaddeus Caraway
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