Early life Born near
Gallipolis, Ohio, Robert Switzer attended the district schools, Gallia Academy, and
Rio Grande College. He attended the
law departments of the
University of Virginia at Charlottesville and the
Ohio State University of Columbus.
Career He taught school from 1883 to 1887. He then served as Deputy Sheriff of Gallia County from 1888 to 1892. He was
admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in
Gallipolis, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney of Gallia County 1893-1900. He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1900 and 1920.
Congress He was elected as a
Republican to the
Sixty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919). He served on the Subcommittee of the Committee on Mines and Mining which investigated the
Copper Country Strike of 1913–14. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1918 to the
Sixty-sixth Congress. He also served as City solicitor of
Gallipolis, Ohio. He then resumed the practice of law.
Death He died in
Gallipolis, Ohio, on October 28, 1952, and he was interred in Mound Hill Cemetery. ==Sources==