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Robert Beardslee

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Preceded by
  
Frank C. Prescott

Profession
  
Attorney

Political party
  
Republican


Died
  
1926

Succeeded by
  
Philip A. Stanton

Name
  
Robert Beardslee

Robert Lewis Beardslee, Sr. (1868 – 1926) was a Republican city attorney of Stockton, California and state legislator who served as the 36th Speaker of the California State Assembly in the early 1900s.

Biography

Robert Beardslee was born in 1868 in San Joaquin County, a rural California county east of the San Francisco Bay Area. He attended public schools and graduated from San Joaquin Valley College. He was admitted to practice law and then served as the City Attorney of Stockton, California in 1905 and 1906.

On November 8, 1904, he was elected to represent the 23rd Assembly District, which encompassed the City of Stockton (now renumbered the 17th Assembly District). Beardslee served in the Assembly until 1911, including service as Speaker of the Assembly during the 1907 session.

His son, Robert L. Beardslee, Jr. (August 3, 1905 – March 3, 1999), was also a lawyer, and was a partner in Neumiller & Beardslee with Charlie Neumiller.

References

Robert Beardslee Wikipedia