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Robert E. Lee Blackburn

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American politician

Robert Blackburn

Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromKentucky's7th district
In office March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931
Preceded by	Virgil Chapman
Succeeded by	Virgil Chapman
Member of theKentucky House of Representatives from the 73rd district
In office January 1, 1904 – January 1, 1906
Preceded by	Charles W. Russell
Succeeded by	Albert Hamilton

Personal details
Born	(1870-04-09)April 9, 1870 NearFurnace, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	September 20, 1935(1935-09-20) (aged 65) Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Resting place	Stanton Cemetery,Stanton, Kentucky, U.S.
Party	Republican

Robert E. Lee Blackburn (April 9, 1870 – September 20, 1935) was a member of theUnited States House of Representatives representingKentucky's 7th congressional district.

Born on a farm nearFurnace, Kentucky, Blackburn as an infant moved with his parents toStanton, Kentucky.He attended the county schools, andElliott Academy atKirksville, Kentucky. He worked as a traveling salesman for an oil company from 1891 to 1900 and during the Spanish–American War he served as a second lieutenant in Company C, Fourth Infantry, United States Volunteers. Blackburn engaged in general merchandising atStanton, Kentucky, and in agricultural pursuits 1900–1907, served as member of theKentucky House of Representatives in 1904 and 1905, and served as clerk of the court ofPowell County, Kentucky from 1906 to 1910. Blackburn was engaged in the insurance and stock brokerage business from 1910 through 1919.

Blackburn moved toLexington, Kentucky in 1919 and continued in the insurance and brokerage business. He was also engaged in the oil development business. Blackburn was appointed a member of the Kentucky Board of Agriculture in 1926 and served until 1928.

Blackburn was elected as aRepublican to theSeventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to theSeventy-second Congress and for election in 1932 to theSeventy-third Congress.He resumed his former activities in the oil business and resided inLexington, Kentucky until his death there on September 20, 1935.He was interred in Stanton Cemetery,Stanton, Kentucky.