Beaufort County NcArchives Biographies.....Douglas, Robert Martin 
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Source: Who's Who
Author: John W. Leonard

Douglas, Robert Martin,
jurist;
b. Douglas, NC, Jan. 28, 1849;
s. Stephen A. (US senator from Ill.) and Martha Denny (Martin) D.;
grad. Georgetown Univ., DC, 1867 (AM, LLD);
m. Greensboro, NC, June 23, 1874, Jesse M., d. US Dist. Judge R.P. Dick.
Priavte sec. to gov. of NC, 1868;
col. militia, 1868-71;
sec. to President U.S. Grant, 1869-73;
US marshal, NC, 1873-83;
standing master in chancery, US Circuit Court, 1888-96;
asso. justice Supreme Court, NC, since Jan. 1, 1897.
Republican.
Del. to various polit. convs., State and Nat.
When elected judge was gen. counsel and dir. of numerous important 
corporations.
Has published pamphlets on polit., his., econ. and social questions.
Residence: Greensboro, NC
Office: Raleigh NC

Additional Comments:
Source:
Who's Who in America
A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States.
Volume 3
1903-1905
Established, 1899, by Albert Nelson Marquis
Edited by John W. Leonard
Chicago
A.N. Marquis & Company
Publishers
1903

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