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ROBERT, American statesman; born in Wilkes co., Ga., July 2, 1810; was graduated at Union College, Ky., studied law at the University Virginia; was a Whig member of Congress from Georgia in 1845-1853; and a United States Senator in 1853-1861. He was expelled from the Senate in 1861, and in the same year was elected to the Confederate Congress and also became Confederate Secretary of State. He resigned to become a Brigadier-General in the Confederate army. After the war he resided abroad till 1867. He refused to take the oath of allegiance to the United States Government, being to the end of his life bitterly opposed to the reconstruction policy of the government. He died in Washington, Ga., Dec. 15, 1885.