Robert O. Harris

Robert Orr Harris

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 14th district
In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Preceded by	Eugene Foss
Succeeded by	Edward Gilmore
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
In office 1921–1924
Preceded by	Daniel J. Gallagher
Succeeded by	Harold P. Williams
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1889
Personal details
Born	(1854-11-08)November 8, 1854 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	June 13, 1926(1926-06-13) (aged 71) Brockton, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Harvard University
Profession	Lawyer

Robert Orr Harris (November 8, 1854 – June 13, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, son of Benjamin Winslow Harris.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Harris attended the common schools and Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire. He graduated from Harvard in 1877. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and practiced in Boston and Brockton, Massachusetts from 1879 to 1902. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1889. He served as district attorney for the southeastern district of Massachusetts 1891-1901. He served as associate judge of the superior court of Massachusetts from June 4, 1902, to March 1, 1911.

Harris was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1912. He resumed the practice of law. He was appointed United States district attorney for the Massachusetts district by President Harding in 1921 and served until removed by President Coolidge in December 1924. He died in Brockton, Massachusetts, June 13, 1926. He was interred in Central Cemetery, East Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

References

United States Congress. "Robert O. Harris (id: H000251)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Eugene Foss	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 14th congressional district March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1913	Succeeded by Edward Gilmore

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts

1st district	F Ames Dexter Goodhue Holten Sedgwick Skinner Sedgwick J Bacon Eustis Quincy Ward Jr. Mason Gorham Webster Gorham N Appleton Gorham A Lawrence Fletcher A Lawrence Winthrop N Appleton Winthrop S Eliot W Appleton Scudder TD Eliot Hall TD Eliot Buffington Crapo R Davis Randall Wright G Lawrence Treadway Heselton Conte Olver Neal

2nd district	Goodhue Foster W Lyman Sedgwick Ward Sr. W Lyman Shepard J Crowninshield Story Pickman W Reed Pickering Silsbee Barstow B Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D King Rantoul Fay Crocker Buffington O Ames Harris Long E Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor Granfield Clason Furcolo Boland Neal McGovern

3rd district	Gerry Bourne Coffin Lyman Mattoon Cutler Nelson Livermore White Pickering Nelson Varnum Nelson Osgood Cushing A Abbott Duncan Edmands Damrell C Adams Thomas A Rice Twichell Whiting I Pierce Field B Dean Field Ranney L Morse J Andrew Walker JR Thayer R Hoar C Washburn JA Thayer Wilder Paige F Foss Casey Philbin Drinan Donohue Early Blute McGovern N Tsongas

4th district	Sedgwick Dearborn Thatcher Wadsworth Foster L Lincoln Sr. Hastings Varnum W Richardson Dana Stearns Fuller E Everett Sa Hoar Parmenter Thompson Palfrey Thompson Sabine Walley Comins A Rice Hooper Frost J Abbott L Morse Collins O'Neil Apsley Weymouth Tirrell Mitchell Wilder Winslow Stobbs P Holmes Donohue Drinan Frank Kennedy III

5th district	Partridge Bourne Freeman L Williams T Dwight Ely Mills Lathrop Sibley J Davis L Lincoln Jr. Hudson C Allen W Appleton Burlingame W Appleton Hooper Alley Butler Gooch Banks Bowman L Morse Hayden Banks Sh Hoar Stevens Knox B Ames J Rogers E Rogers B Morse Cronin P Tsongas Shannon Atkins Meehan N Tsongas Markey Clark

6th district	Thatcher Leonard J Reed Sr. J Smith Taggart S Allen Locke Kendall Grennell Alvord Baker Ashmun G Davis Upham T Davis Alley Gooch Banks Butler Thompson Loring Stone Lovering Lodge Cogswell Moody Gardner Lufkin A Andrew G Bates W Bates Harrington Mavroules Torkildsen Tierney Moulton

7th district	Leonard Ward Sr. Leonard Bullock Bishop Mitchell Barker Baylies Turner Baylies Hulbert Shaw H Dwight S Allen Grennell Briggs J Rockwell Goodrich Banks Gooch Boutwell Brooks Esty E Hoar Tarbox Butler W Russell Stone Cogswell W Everett Barrett Roberts Phelan Maloney W Connery L Connery Lane Macdonald Markey Capuano

8th district	Grout Thatcher F Ames Otis Eustis L Williams Green Gardner Green J Reed Jr. Baylies Sampson Hobart Lathrop Bates Calhoun J Adams Mann Wentworth Knapp Train Baldwin G Hoar JMS Williams Warren Claflin Candler W Russell CH Allen Greenhalge Stevens McCall Deitrick Dallinger H Thayer Dallinger Healey Goodwin Macdonald O'Neill Kennedy II Capuano Lynch

9th district	Varnum Bishop J Dean Wheaton J Reed Jr. Folger J Reed Jr. H Dwight Briggs Jackson Hastings H Williams Hale Fowler Little Dewitt E Thayer Bailey A Walker W Washburn Crocker G Hoar W Rice T Lyman Ely Burnett Candler G Williams O'Neil Fitzgerald Conry Keliher Murray Roberts Fuller Underhill Luce R Russell Luce TH Eliot Gifford Nicholson Keith McCormack Hicks Moakley Lynch Keating

10th district	Goodhue Sewall Read Hastings Upham J Allen Brigham Wheaton Morton F Baylies Bailey HAS Dearborn W Baylies Borden H Williams Borden Burnell Grinnell Scudder Dickinson Chaffee Delano Dawes Crocker Stevens Seelye Norcross W Rice JE Russell J Walker McEttrick Atwood Barrows Naphen McNary O'Connell Curley Murray Tague Fitzgerald Tague Douglass Tinkham Herter Curtis Martin Heckler Studds Delahunt Keating

11th district	Bradbury Bartlett Cutler Stedman A Bigelow Brigham B Adams J Russell Hobart J Richardson J Adams J Reed Jr. Burnell Goodrich Trafton Dawes Chapin Robinson Whiting II Wallace Coolidge Draper Sprague Powers Sullivan Peters Tinkham Douglass Higgins Flaherty Curley Kennedy O'Neill Burke Donnelly

12th district	Dearborn I Parker Lee S Thatcher Skinner Larned Bidwell Bacon Dewey Hulbert Strong Kendall L Bigelow Baylies Hodges J Adams Robinson F Rockwell Crosby E Morse Lovering Powers Weeks Curley Gallivan McCormack Keith Studds

13th district	Wadsworth Seaver Ruggles Dowse Eustis J Reed Jr. Randall Simpkins Greene Weeks Mitchell Carter Luce Wigglesworth Burke

14th district	G Thatcher Cutts C King J Holmes Lovering E Foss Harris Gilmore Olney Frothingham Wigglesworth Martin

15th district	Wadsworth Ilsley Whitman Widgery Bradbury Whitman Greene Leach Martin Gifford

16th district	S Thatcher Cook Tallman S Davis Brown Orr Hill T Thacher Walsh Gifford

17th district	Bruce Chandler Gannett F Carr Wood J Carr Wilson Kinsley

18th district	Wilson T Rice J Parker

19th district	J Parker Conner Gage Cushman

20th district	Hubbard Parris E Lincoln

At-large	Cobb

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