Hon. Robert Campbell Culpepper, Rapides Parish, Louisiana 
Submitted by Mike Miller

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Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, 
and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 111-112.  
Edited by Alc e Fortier, Lit.D.  
Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association. 

HON. ROBERT CAMPBELL CULPEPPER  
Hon. Robert Campbell Culpepper, attorney and ex-state senator, Alexandria, La., 
was born in Jackson parish, La. May 31, 1873; son of Robert Mallory and Martha 
Virginia (Hawthorne) Culpepper, the former of whom was born in Georgia and the 
latter in Virginia. The father came to Louisiana in the year 1849, locating at 
Mt. Lebanon. His father, Joseph Culpepper, was a native of the state of Georgia 
and died while yet resident in that state. The original site of the Culpepper 
family in this country was in Virginia, but the ancestors of the family came 
originally from England.    

R. C. Culpepper was the third of 8 children born to his parents. His boyhood and 
youth were passed in Jackson parish, where he attended the public schools. Later 
he entered the Louisiana State Normal school, from which he graduated in 1896. 
During some time previous to his graduation from the state normal, he had been 
engaged in teaching, and after graduating he continued in this employment about 
4 years.   

In 1900 he was elected clerk of court in Jackson parish, remaining incumbent of 
this office until 1908, when he was elected a member of the Louisiana state senate 
from the senatorial district composed of Jackson and Onachita parishes, his term 
expiring in 1912. Also, he served as cashier of the Jackson Parish bank from 1909 
to 1912, at Jonesboro. During some time past he had been studying law, in connection 
with other employments. He was admitted to the bar in 1912, and in the same year 
removed from Jonesboro to Alexandria. Since then he has been engaged in the practice 
of law at Alexandria. Senator Culpepper is a Chapter Mason, and a member of the 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.   

In 1909 Senator Culpepper was married to Miss Margaret D. Wyatt, a daughter of Peter 
Wyatt, of Jackson parish, La., and 2 children have been born to their union, namely:  
Lillian and  Robert Wyatt. Within the comparatively short time that Senator Culpepper 
has been in the practice of law at Alexandria he has firmly established himself as a 
learned and able counselor-at-law, and has gained a substantial and desirable clientele.  
He takes an active part, as a citizen, in political and public affairs generally and is 
widely known as a man of sterling character and personal worth.