Robert O. Harris

Robert Orr Harris ( born November 8, 1854 in Boston, Massachusetts, † June 13, 1926 in Brockton, Massachusetts) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1911 and 1913 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Robert Harris was the son of Congressman Benjamin W. Harris ( 1823-1907 ). He attended the common schools and Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Then he studied until 1877 at Harvard University. After a subsequent law degree in 1879 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he went to work in Boston and Brockton in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In 1889, he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Between 1891 and 1901, Harris was a prosecutor for the southeastern district of Massachusetts. Thereafter, he served 1902-1911 as a judge at the Superior Court of Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1910, Harris was in the 14th electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Eugene Foss on March 4, 1911. Since he resigned in 1912 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1913. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Robert Harris practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1921 and 1924 he served as United States Attorney for Massachusetts. He died on June 13, 1926 in Brockton.

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