Robert Charles Wickliffe

This article is about the U.S. Representative. For his father, the governor of Louisiana, see Robert C. Wickliffe.

Robert Charles Wickliffe
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th district
In office March 4, 1909 – June 11, 1912
Preceded by	George Kent Favrot
Succeeded by	Lewis Lovering Morgan
Personal details
Born	(1874-05-01)May 1, 1874 Bardstown, Kentucky, US
Died	June 11, 1912(1912-06-11) (aged 38) Washington, D.C., US
Political party	Democratic
Relations	Charles A. Wickliffe (grandfather) Robert C. Wickliffe (father)
Alma mater	Centre College Tulane University
Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1898
Battles/wars	Spanish–American War

Robert Charles Wickliffe (May 1, 1874 – June 11, 1912) was an American politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.

Biography

Born in Bardstown, Kentucky, while his parents were visiting relatives; he attended the public schools of St. Francisville, Louisiana; was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1895 and from the law department of Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana in 1897; was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice in St. Francisville; member of the state constitutional convention in 1898; enlisted as a private in Company E, First Regiment, Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, during the Spanish–American War; was mustered out of the service in October 1898; returned to West Feliciana Parish; district attorney of the twenty-fourth judicial district of Louisiana 1902–1906; elected as a Democrat to the 61st and 62nd congresses, (March 4, 1909 – June 11, 1912), when he was killed while crossing a railroad bridge in Washington, D.C.; interment in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949)

References

• Cemetery Memorial by La-Cemeteries
• "Killed by a Train", The Emporia Gazette, Kansas, 11 June 1912
• Robert C. Wickliffe, late a representative from Louisiana, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1913
• United States Congress. "Robert Charles Wickliffe (id: W000443)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.