Robert Virgil Fletcher (September 27, 1869 – May 16, 1960) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1908 to 1909.
Robert Virgil Fletcher | |
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi | |
| In office November 27, 1908 – May/June 1909 | |
| Attorney General of Mississippi | |
| In office March 26, 1907 – November 27, 1908 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 27, 1869 Clermont County, Ohio |
| Died | May 16, 1960 (aged 90) Washington, D. C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | 3 |
Biography
editRobert Virgil Fletcher was born on September 27, 1869, in Clermont County, Ohio, and moved with his family to Grant County, Kentucky, when he was one year old.[1][2] He was the son of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher.[2] Fletcher attended the common schools and the high schools of Taylorsville and Williamston, both in Kentucky. He later enrolled in the University of Mississippi in a post-graduate course, but he did not complete it.[2] He then taught in some of Mississippi's public and high schools from 1893 to 1899.[2] After studying law in the office of C. B. Mitchell, he was admitted to the bar in 1899.[2]
Career
editFletcher was appointed to the office of Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi on January 1, 1906.[2] After the heretofore Attorney General's death, Fletcher was appointed to that position on March 26, 1907.[2] He then ran for a full term, and was nominated by the Democratic Party in August 1907 and was elected in November of that year for the 1908-1912 term.[2] On November 27, 1908, Fletcher was appointed to the Supreme Court of Mississippi.[3] He left the Court about 6 months later.[3] He then continued to practice law in Jackson, Mississippi.[3] On February 10, 1911, he became the general attorney of the Illinois Central Railway Company.[3] In 1920, Fletcher was appointed assistant general counsel to the United States Railroad Administration, and then became the general solicitor of the Illinois Central Railway Company.[4] He then served as the railroad's vice president and general counsel.[4] In April 1933, he became the vice president and general counsel of the American Association of Railway Executives (later the Association of American Railroads).[4] Fletcher was elected to be its president in December 1946.[4] He later resigned from this position to become its general counsel.[4] He retired in 1952 at the age of 83.[4]
Personal life
editFletcher was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was also a member of the Freemasons, the Odd Fellows, and the Knights of Pythias.[2] He married Etta Childers in Kentucky in 1893.[2] They had three children, named Ernest Lamar, Louise, and Paul.[2] Fletcher died on May 16, 1960, after a long illness.[4]
References
edit- ^ Perrin, William Henry; Battle, J. H.; Kniffin, G. C. (1887). Kentucky, a History of the State: Embracing a Concise Account of the Origin and Development of the Virginia Colony; Its Expansion Westward, and the Settlement of the Frontier Beyond the Alleghanies; the Erection of Kentucky as an Independent State, and Its Subsequent Development. Southern Historical Press. p. 794. ISBN 978-0-89308-139-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Rowland, Dunbar (1908). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 957–958.
- ^ a b c d Crossley, Frederic Beers (1916). Courts and Lawyers of Illinois. American Historical Society. p. 1261.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Obituary for Robert V. Fletcher (Aged 70)". Newsday (Suffolk Edition). May 18, 1960. p. 127. Retrieved September 2, 2022.