Background
Gamble, Robert Jackson was born on February 7, 1851 in Genesee Company, New York, United States. Son of Robert and Jennie A. (Abernethy) Gamble.
Gamble, Robert Jackson was born on February 7, 1851 in Genesee Company, New York, United States. Son of Robert and Jennie A. (Abernethy) Gamble.
Bachelor of Arts, Lawrence University, Wisconsin, 1874 (Doctor of Laws, 1909).
Admitted to bar, 1875. Practiced at Yankton, South Dakot, until 1915. Since at Sioux Falls, South Dakot.
Was member Gamble Brothers, 1876-1891 (John R. Gamble elected to Congress, 1890, but died 1891, before taking seat).
District attorney, 2d Judicial District, Dakota Ty., 1880; city attorney, Yankton, 1881-1882.
Member South Dakot Senate, 1885. Chairman Republican State Convention, 1892-1893.
Member 54th and 56th Congresses (1895-1897, 1899-1901).
United States senator for terms, 1901-1907, 1907-1913.
Mason.
Married Carrie South. Osborn, March 26, 1884.