Robert Murphy Mayo

Robert Murphy Mayo

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st district
In office March 4, 1883 – March 20, 1884
Preceded by	George T. Garrison
Succeeded by	George T. Garrison
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Northumberland and Westmoreland Counties
In office 1886 – 1889
Preceded by	John Luttrell
Succeeded by	Benjamin Chambers
In office 1882 – 1883
Preceded by	S. B. Burgess
Succeeded by	John Luttrell
Personal details
Born	(1836-04-28)April 28, 1836 Hague, Virginia
Died	March 29, 1896(1896-03-29) (aged 59) Hague, Virginia
Resting place	Tucker Hill, Virginia
Political party	Readjuster
Alma mater	College of William and Mary Lexington Law School
Occupation	Attorney
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Service/branch	Confederate Army
Rank	colonel
Unit	47th Virginia Infantry
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Robert Murphy Mayo (April 28, 1836 – March 29, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Biography

Born in Hague, Virginia, Mayo attended private schools and The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. He was graduated from Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Virginia in 1858. He served as an instructor in mathematics at Mount Pleasant Military Academy, Sing Sing (now Ossining), New York, and later at Virginia Military Institute. He studied law at Lexington Law School in 1858 and 1859.

Mayo served throughout the Civil War in the Confederate States Army, first as major and later as colonel of the 47th Regiment of Virginia.

Mayo was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hague, VA, in 1865. He then served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1881, 1882, and 1885–1888.

Mayo was presented credentials as a Readjuster Member-elect to the Forty-eighth United States Congress and served from March 4, 1883, to March 20, 1884, when he was succeeded by George T. Garrison, who contested the election. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. He resumed the practice of law upon returning to Virginia. He committed suicide in Hague, Virginia on March 29, 1896 and was interred in Yeocomico Cemetery, Tucker Hill, Virginia.

References

United States Congress. "Robert Murphy Mayo (id: M000287)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-10-18

External links

Robert Murphy Mayo at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by George T. Garrison	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st congressional district 1883–1884	Succeeded by George T. Garrison

Gettysburg figures

Confederate leaders	Lee Alexander R. Anderson G. Anderson Archer Armistead Barksdale Benning Brockenbrough Chambliss Daniel Davis Doles Early Ewell Garnett Gordon Hampton Hays Heth Hill Hood Humphreys Imboden Iverson Jenkins Johnson J. Jones W. Jones Kemper Kershaw Lane Law F. Lee W. Lee Longstreet Mahone Marshall McLaws O'Neal Oates Pender Pettigrew Perrin Pickett Posey Ramseur Robertson Rodes Scales Semmes Smith G. Steuart J. E. B. Stuart Thomas Trimble J. Walker R. Walker Wilcox Wofford Wright

Union leaders	Meade Ames Ayres Barlow Barnes Baxter Biddle Birney Buford Caldwell Candy Carpenter Carr J. Chamberlain Claflin Cross Curtin Cushing Custer Cutler Crawford Doubleday Farnsworth Geary Gibbon Gilsa Graham Greene Gregg Hancock Harrow Hays Hooker Howard Humphreys Hunt Kilpatrick Krzyzanowski Lincoln Meredith Merritt Newton Nolan Paul Pleasonton Reynolds Rice Robinson Rowley Ruger Schimmelfennig Schurz Sedgwick Sickles Slocum Stannard Starr Steinwehr Sykes Tilton Tyler Vincent Wadsworth Ward Warren Weed Webb Willard Williams Zook

Other notable military personnel	Alger Avery Baker Belo Berdan Biddle Brooke Brown Bryan Burgwyn Burling Carroll Carter T. Chamberlain Colvill Corby Coster Dearing Devin Ellis Enderlin Lyon Fremantle Fry Gamble Garrard Godwin Goree Gregg Grimes Gwyn Hall Harrison Haskell Hazlett Howell Humiston Jeffords Jones Kelly Keogh Lang Latimer Lewis McCandless McDougall McFarland McIntosh Mayo Melcher Morrill Muhlenberg O'Rorke Pardee Pegram Perrin Poague Salomon Smith Sorrel Spear Stone Taylor Trobriand Wainwright Ward

Local civilians	Broadhead Bryan Burns McClean McConaughy McPherson Wade Wills

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