Robert Bryarly GORDON, Congress, OH (1855-1923)

GORDON Robert Bryarly , a Representative from Ohio; born at St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, August 6, 1855; attended the public schools; postmaster of St. Marys 1885-1889; auditor of Auglaize County 1890-1896; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1903); engaged in the flour and grain business at St. Marys, Ohio; superintendent of the document room of the House of Representatives 1911-1913; Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives 1913-1919; died in Washington, D.C., January 3, 1923; interment in Elm Grove Cemetery, St. Marys, Ohio.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present