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Preceded by
  
George A. Marshall

Name
  
Robert Gordon

Succeeded by
  
Joseph G. Rogers

Preceded by
  
Charles F. Riddell

Succeeded by
  
Harvey C. Garber


Robert B. Gordon

Born
  
August 6, 1855 St. Marys, Ohio (
1855-08-06
)

Died
  
January 3, 1923(1923-01-03) (aged 67) Washington, D.C.

Resting place
  
Elm Grove Cemetery, St. Marys, Ohio

Robert Bryarly Gordon (August 6, 1855 – January 3, 1923) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born at St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, Gordon attended the public schools. He served as Postmaster of St. Marys from 1885 to 1889, as auditor of Auglaize County from 1890 to 1896, and served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896.

Gordon was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903). He later engaged in the flour and grain business at St. Marys, Ohio. He served as superintendent of the document room of the House of Representatives from 1911 to 1913, and as Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives from 1913 to 1919. He died in Washington, D.C., and is interred in Elm Grove Cemetery, St. Marys, Ohio.

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