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LIVELY, Robert Maclin (1855-1929)

Democrat of Texas

3rd congressional district

Served in House 1909-1911

Total roll-call votes cast: 55

Note: This member has cast relatively few votes and so their ideological score may be unstable or inaccurate. Members who have cast at least 100 votes have more reliable scores.

Biography

Representative from Texas; born in Fayetteville, Washington County, Ark., on January 6, 1855; moved to Texas in 1864 with his parents, who settled in Smith County; attended private schools in eastern Texas; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Kaufman, Kaufman County, Tex.; moved to Canton, Van Zandt County, and continued the practice of law; prosecuting attorney of Van Zandt County 1882-1884; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. Gordon Russell and served from July 23, 1910, to March 3, 1911; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1910; judge of Van Zandt County, Tex., 1916-1918; died in Canton, Tex., January 15, 1929; interment in Canton Cemetery.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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