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Robert B. Macon
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 1st district
In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913
Preceded by	Philip D. McCulloch Jr.
Succeeded by	Thaddeus H. Caraway
Personal details
Born	(1859-07-06)July 6, 1859 Phillips County, Arkansas
Died	August 9, 1925(1925-08-09) (aged 66) Marvell, Arkansas
Resting place	Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee
Political party	Democratic

Robert Bruce Macon (July 6, 1859 – October 9, 1925) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1903 to 1913.

Biography

Macon was born near Trenton, Arkansas, and was left an orphan at the age of nine. He attended the public schools and studied at home, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1891. He commenced practice in Helena, Arkansas.

Political career

He served as member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1883 to 1887, as clerk of the circuit court from 1892 to 1896, and as prosecuting attorney for the first judicial district from 1898 to 1902.

Congress

Macon was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1912.

Later career and death

He continued the practice of law in Helena, Arkansas, until he retired in 1917.

He died in Marvell, Arkansas, on October 9, 1925 and was interred in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee.

References

1. "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

• United States Congress. "Robert B. Macon (id: M000035)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas
Territory Bates Conway Sevier At-large Yell Cross Yell Newton Johnson Hynes Breckinridge
1st district Greenwood Hindman Roots Hanks Hodges Gause Dunn Cate Featherstone Cate McCulloch Macon Caraway Driver Gathings Alexander Lincoln Berry Crawford 2nd district Warren Rust Warren Rust Hinds Elliott A. A. C. Rogers O. P. Snyder Slemons Jones Breckinridge Little Brundidge W. Oldfield P. Oldfield Miller Mills Tucker Bethune T. Robinson Thornton V. Snyder Griffin Hill 3rd district Boles Edwards Boles Wilshire Gunter Wilshire J. Cravens J. H. Rogers McRae Dinsmore Floyd Tillman Fuller Ellis Fulbright Trimble Hammerschmidt T. Hutchinson A. Hutchinson Boozman Womack 4th district Gunter Peel J. H. Rogers W. Terry Reid Little W. B. Cravens O. Wingo E. Wingo W. B. Cravens W. F. Cravens Tackett Harris Pryor Thornton Anthony Dickey Ross Cotton Westerman 5th district Peel Dinsmore Reid Jacoway Ragon D. Terry Hays Alford 6th district Neill Brundidge J. Robinson S. Taylor C. Taylor Sawyer Reed Glover McClellan W. Norrell C. Norrell 7th district Wallace Goodwin Parks Kitchens Harris

• 1859 births
• 1925 deaths
• Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas
• Democratic Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
• 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
• 19th-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly