Robert Turnbull | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVirginia's4th district | |
| In office March 8, 1910 – March 3, 1913 | |
| Preceded by | Francis R. Lassiter |
| Succeeded by | Walter A. Watson |
| Member of theVirginia Senate from the28th district | |
| In office December 4, 1895 – December 6, 1899 | |
| Preceded by | Walter A. Watson |
| Succeeded by | William Hodges Mann |
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| Born | (1850-01-11)January 11, 1850 |
| Died | January 22, 1920(1920-01-22) (aged 70) Lawrenceville, Virginia |
| Resting place | Lawrenceville Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Virginia |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Profession | lawyer |
Robert Turnbull (January 11, 1850 – January 22, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as aU.S. Representative fromVirginia from 1910 to 1913.
Born inLawrenceville, Virginia, Turnbull attended Rock Spring Academy, and graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1871.
Admitted to the bar in 1871, Turnbull began his legal practice inLawrenceville, Virginia, the county seat of Brunswick County. He won election as clerk of Brunswick County, and served for a decade, from 1891 to 1910. During this period, Turnbull also won election to the part time position representing his county in theSenate of Virginia, and served from 1894 to 1898. Brunswick County voters also elected him as delegate to theVirginia Constitutional Convention of 1902. Turnbull was also a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1896 and 1904.
Following the death ofFrancis R. Lassiter, Turnbull won election as aDemocrat to theSixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy. He won reelection once, to theSixty-second Congress and served from March 8, 1910, to March 3, 1913. Judge Walter A. Watson of Nottoway County (who unlike Turnbull had voted against restricting voting by blacks and poor whites) defeated Turnbull in the Democratic primary in 1912.
Turnbull resumed his legal practice in Lawrenceville, and again won election as clerk of the circuit court of Brunswick County, serving from 1916 until his death, January 22, 1920.
He was interred in Lawrenceville Cemetery,Lawrenceville, Virginia.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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