Robert Bullock | |
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| Born | (1828-12-08)December 8, 1828 |
| Died | July 27, 1905(1905-07-27) (aged 76) |
| Place of burial | Evergreen Cemetery |
| Allegiance |  United States of America Confederate States of America |
| Branch |  United States Army Confederate States Army |
| Service years | 1856–1858 (USA) 1861–1865 (CSA) |
| Rank |  Captain (USA)Brigadier General (CSA) |
| Commands | 7th Florida Infantry Regiment Florida Brigade, AoT |
| Conflicts | Seminole Wars American Civil War |
| Other work | U.S. Congressman |
Robert Bullock (December 8, 1828 – July 27, 1905) was an American lawyer, judge, state legislator, andUnited States representative fromFlorida. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during theAmerican Civil War.
Born inGreenville, North Carolina, he attended the common schools. He moved toFort King, Florida, in 1844, which was then a United States government post, near the present city ofOcala, Florida. He taught in the first school inSumter County, Florida.
Bullock was commissioned by thegovernor of Florida in 1856 as acaptain to raise a mounted company of volunteers for the suppression of theSeminole uprising. The company was mustered into the service of the United States and served 18 months, until the cessation of hostilities.
Bullock entered theConfederate Army as captain in the7th Florida Infantry in 1861, and served until the close of the war. He was promoted tolieutenant colonel in 1863 and to brigadier general in 1865 to date from November 29, 1864. Bullock took part in theBattle of Chickamauga, theAtlanta campaign, and theFranklin-Nashville Campaign, where he was severely wounded.
After the war, Bullock studiedlaw, was admitted to the bar in 1866, and began practice in Marion County. He served as judge of probate court 1866-1868. He was a member of theFlorida House of Representatives in 1879. He was again clerk of the circuit court of Marion County from 1881 to 1889.
He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893). Bullock was not a candidate for renomination in 1892. He was succeeded byCharles Merian Cooper.
After leaving Congress, he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was elected judge of Marion County in 1903 and served until his death in Ocala, Florida in 1905.
He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromFlorida's 2nd congressional district 1889–1893 | Succeeded by |
