Robert Charles Wickliffe | |
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Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th district | |
In office March 4, 1909 – June 11, 1912 | |
Preceded by | George Kent Favrot |
Succeeded by | Lewis Lovering Morgan |
Personal details | |
Born | Bardstown, Kentucky | May 1, 1874
Died | June 11, 1912 Washington, D.C. | (aged 38)
Political party | Democratic |
Relations | Grandson of
Charles A. Wickliffe Son of Robert C. Wickliffe |
Alma mater |
Centre College Tulane University |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1898 |
Battles/wars | Spanish–American War |
Robert Charles Wickliffe (May 1, 1874 – June 11, 1912), (grandson of
Charles A. Wickliffe and cousin of
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham) was a
U.S. Representative from
Louisiana; born in
Bardstown,
Kentucky, while his parents were visiting relatives; he attended the public schools of
St. Francisville,
Louisiana; was graduated from
Centre College,
Danville, Kentucky, in 1895 and from the law department of
Tulane University,
New Orleans, Louisiana in 1897; was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice in St. Francisville; member of the state constitutional convention in 1898; enlisted as a private in Company E, First Regiment, Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, during the
Spanish–American War; was mustered out of the service in October 1898; returned to
West Feliciana Parish; district attorney of the twenty-fourth judicial district of Louisiana 1902–1906; elected as a
Democrat to the
61st and
62nd congresses, (March 4, 1909 – June 11, 1912), when he was killed while crossing a railroad bridge in
Washington, D.C.; interment in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.
Robert Charles Wickliffe | |
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Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th district | |
In office March 4, 1909 – June 11, 1912 | |
Preceded by | George Kent Favrot |
Succeeded by | Lewis Lovering Morgan |
Personal details | |
Born | Bardstown, Kentucky | May 1, 1874
Died | June 11, 1912 Washington, D.C. | (aged 38)
Political party | Democratic |
Relations | Grandson of
Charles A. Wickliffe Son of Robert C. Wickliffe |
Alma mater |
Centre College Tulane University |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1898 |
Battles/wars | Spanish–American War |
Robert Charles Wickliffe (May 1, 1874 – June 11, 1912), (grandson of
Charles A. Wickliffe and cousin of
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham) was a
U.S. Representative from
Louisiana; born in
Bardstown,
Kentucky, while his parents were visiting relatives; he attended the public schools of
St. Francisville,
Louisiana; was graduated from
Centre College,
Danville, Kentucky, in 1895 and from the law department of
Tulane University,
New Orleans, Louisiana in 1897; was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice in St. Francisville; member of the state constitutional convention in 1898; enlisted as a private in Company E, First Regiment, Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, during the
Spanish–American War; was mustered out of the service in October 1898; returned to
West Feliciana Parish; district attorney of the twenty-fourth judicial district of Louisiana 1902–1906; elected as a
Democrat to the
61st and
62nd congresses, (March 4, 1909 – June 11, 1912), when he was killed while crossing a railroad bridge in
Washington, D.C.; interment in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.