Preceded by James Findlay Role Politician Children William Haines Lytle Name Robert Lytle Resigned March 3, 1835 | Political party Jacksonian Party Jacksonian democracy Succeeded by Bellamy Storer Spouse Elizabeth Haines | |
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Preceded by Elijah Hayward
John C. Short
Peter Bell Succeeded by Samuel Reese
Alexander Duncan
David T. Disney
George Graham Died December 22, 1839, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | ||
Robert Todd Lytle (May 19, 1804 – December 22, 1839) was a politician who represented Ohio in the United States House of Representatives from 1833 to 1835.
Lytle was born in Williamsburg, Ohio, a nephew of John Rowan. He attended the common schools and Cincinnati College, and studied law in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was admitted to the bar in 1824. He commenced the practice of his profession in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Married Elizabeth Haines of New Jersey November 30, 1825. They had a son William Haines Lytle, and two daughters, Josephine R., and Elizabeth Haines Lytle.
He was elected county prosecuting attorney, and a member of the State house of representatives in 1828 and 1829. He was then elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1833, until March 10, 1834, when he resigned. He was subsequently reelected to fill the vacancy caused by his own resignation and served from December 27, 1834, to March 3, 1835.
After running as an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress, Lytle resumed his law practice, focusing principally on real estate law. He served as Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory in 1834-1838, and major general of Ohio Militia in 1838.
Lytle died in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 22, 1839. He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.