Robert Dick
Douglas
Robert Dick Douglas (1875-1960) was a North Carolina attorney who
served as North Carolina Attorney General briefly in 1900-1901. He
was believed to be the youngest attorney general in the state's
history.
Robert was the first son and second child of
Robert
Martin Douglas and Jessie Madeline Dick. He was a grandson of Sen.
Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and of Robert P. Dick, a North
Carolina state Supreme Court justice. Douglas graduated from
Georgetown University and "read the law" under his grandfather Dick.
At the age of 25, Douglas was appointed by Gov. Daniel L.
Russell serve out the remainder of Attorney General Zeb V. Walser's
term. After that he built a practice of law in Greensboro, North
Carolina, where he also served as postmaster.
In 1932,
Douglas gave or sold his grandfather Stephen A. Douglas's papers to
the University of Chicago.
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