Robert Mallory was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Kentucky

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

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Born in Madison Court House, Virginia

Madison, Virginia

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, Mallory attended private schools and graduated from the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

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 in 1827. He engaged in agricultural

Agriculture

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 pursuits in La Grange, Kentucky

La Grange, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 5,676 people, 2,216 households, and 1,502 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,514.8 people per square mile . There were 2,330 housing units at an average density of 621.8 per square mile...

, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837, commencing practice in New Castle, Kentucky

New Castle, Kentucky

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. He was elected an Opposition

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 and later Unionist

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 to the United States House of Representatives

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 in 1858, serving from 1859 to 1865, being unsuccessful for reelection in 1864. There, Mallory served as chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals

United States House Committee on Roads and Canals

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 from 1859 to 1863. He was a delegate to the National Union Convention

National Union Convention

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 in 1866 and was one of the vice presidents of the Centennial Exposition

Centennial Exposition

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 in 1876. He resumed agricultural

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

 pursuits until his death near La Grange, Kentucky

La Grange, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 5,676 people, 2,216 households, and 1,502 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,514.8 people per square mile . There were 2,330 housing units at an average density of 621.8 per square mile...

 on August 11, 1885. He was interred in Spring Hill Family Cemetery in Ballardsville, Kentucky

Ballardsville, Kentucky

Ballardsville is an unincorporated community in Oldham County, Kentucky, United States. It is a small community that lies a few miles south of La Grange on KY 53.-References:# -External links:* — Article by Kim Chappell of The Courier-Journal...

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External links

• Robert Mallory at Find A Grave
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