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Robert Pleasant Trippe (December 21, 1819 – July 22, 1900) was an American politician, lawyer and jurist from the state ofGeorgia.
Trippe was born nearMonticello inJasper County, Georgia, and later moved with his family to an area nearCulloden, Georgia. He attendedRandolph Macon College inAshland, Virginia, before graduating fromFranklin College at theUniversity of Georgia inAthens in 1839. While at Franklin College, he was a member of thePhi Kappa Literary Society. He then studied law, was admitted to the state bar in 1840 and began the practice of law inForsyth, Georgia.
In 1849, Trippe was elected to theGeorgia House of Representatives and held that position until 1852 when he unsuccessfully ran for theUnited States House of Representatives. In 1854, he ran for the U.S. House again and was elected as anAmerican Party candidate representingGeorgia's 3rd congressional district in the34th United States Congress. He was re-elected to the35th Congress.
In 1858, Trippe did not seek re-election to the U.S. Congress. He was elected to theGeorgia Senate that year and was re-elected in 1860. He was also elected to theFirst Confederate Congress. During theAmerican Civil War, Trippe was in theConfederate States Army from 1862 to 1865. After the war, he returned to practicing law. In 1873, he became an associate justice of theGeorgia Supreme Court and sat on that court until his resignation in 1875. He again returned to practicing of law inAtlanta, Georgia. On July 22, 1900, he died in Atlanta and was buried in Forsyth Cemetery in Forsyth.
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