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Robert W. Burbank

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Robert Willard Burbank (1856-1906) was an American lawyer, and the 49th Attorney General of Rhode Island, serving from 1891 to 1894.[1]

Biography

He was born on September 14, 1856, in Koloa, Kingdom of Hawai'i. He attended the Friends' Boarding School in Providence and Brown University, graduating in 1878. He was admitted to the bar in 1880, and practiced law in Providence.[2] He was a member of Central Congregational Church.

He married Martha Anna Taylor on April 12, 1883.

References

  1. ^ "Attorney General of Rhode Island". Ballotpedia.
  2. ^ "Providence County, Rhode Island". Genealogy Trails History Group.