Background
Dow, Robert C. was born on July 10, 1888 in Seven Rivers, New Mexico, United States. Son of James Leslie and Mary (Neatherlin) Dowager
Dow, Robert C. was born on July 10, 1888 in Seven Rivers, New Mexico, United States. Son of James Leslie and Mary (Neatherlin) Dowager
Father a sheriff in New Mexico, in pioneer times. Graduate New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico, 1909. Bachelor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1912.
Admitted to New Mexico bar, 1912, and began practice at Carlsbad. Member New Mexico House of Representatives, 1915. District attorney Fifth Judicial District of New Mexico, 1917-1921.
Attorney general, New Mexico, 1927, 28.
Prosecuted 19 murder cases and secured 14 convictions. Judge advocate general of New Mexico.
Member New Mexico Bar Association. Mason, Odd.
Married Florence Jessamine Henderson, June 2, 1915. Children: Mary Frances, James Leslie.