Robert Mallory

Infobox Congressman
name=Robert Mallory


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state=Kentucky
district=7th & 5th
party=Opposition, Unionist
term=March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
preceded=Humphrey Marshall
Charles A. Wickliffe
succeeded=Brutus J. Clay
Lovell Rousseau
date of birth=November 15, 1815
place of birth=Madison Court House, Virginia, USA
date of death=August 11, 1885
place of death=La Grange, Kentucky, USA
spouse=
religion=
profession=Politician, Lawyer
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Robert Mallory (November 15, 1815 – August 11, 1885) was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Kentucky.

Born in Madison Court House, Virginia, Mallory attended private schools and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1827. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in La Grange, Kentucky, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837, commencing practice in New Castle, Kentucky. He was elected an Opposition and later Unionist to the United States House of Representatives in 1858, serving from 1859 to 1865, being unsuccessful for reelection in 1864. There, Mallory served as chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals from 1859 to 1863. He was a delegate to the National Union Convention in 1866 and was one of the vice presidents of the Centennial Exposition in 1876. He resumed agricultural pursuits until his death near La Grange, Kentucky on August 11, 1885. He was interned in Spring Hill Family Cemetery in Ballardsville, Kentucky.

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15483762 Robert Mallory] at Find A Grave