Robert M. Lively

Robert Maclin Lively ( born January 6, 1855 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, † January 15, 1929 in Canton, Texas ) was an American politician. In the years 1910 and 1911, he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1864, Robert Lively came with his parents in the Smith County in Texas. He attended private schools in the east of that country. After a subsequent law degree in 1876 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Kaufman to work in this profession. Later he transferred his residence and his office to Canton. In the years 1882 to 1884 he was district attorney in Van Zandt County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career.

Following the resignation of Mr Gordon J. Russell Lively was at the due election for the third seat of Texas as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 23 July 1910. Since he did not run in the regular elections of 1910, he could only finish the current term in Congress until March 3, 1911. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Robert Lively served 1916-1918 as District Judge in Van Zandt County. He died on January 15, 1929 in Canton.