Robert B. Scarborough

Robert Bethea Scarborough
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1901  March 3, 1905
Preceded by James Norton
Succeeded by J. Edwin Ellerbe
63rd Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
In office
June 2, 1899  January 15, 1901
Governor Miles Benjamin McSweeney
Preceded by Miles Benjamin McSweeney
Succeeded by James H. Tillman
President Pro Tempore of the South Carolina State Senate
In office
1898–1899
Member of the South Carolina State Senate
In office
1897–1899
Personal details
Born (1861-10-29)October 29, 1861
Chesterfield, South Carolina
Died November 23, 1927(1927-11-23) (aged 66)
Conway, South Carolina
Political party Democratic
Profession Teacher, lawyer, politician

Robert Bethea Scarborough (October 29, 1861 – November 23, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born in Chesterfield, South Carolina, Scarborough attended the common schools and Mullins (South Carolina) Academy. He taught school and studied law. Scarborough was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Conway, South Carolina. He was a county attorney of Horry County 1885-1893 and served as clerk of the county board 1885-1890. He served as member of the South Carolina State senate in 1897 and 1898 and was elected president pro tempore in 1898. He served as the 63rd Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1899.

Scarborough was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Conway, South Carolina, and was also interested in banking. He served as chairman of the board of regents of the South Carolina State Hospital.

He died in Conway, South Carolina, on November 23, 1927 and was interred in Lake Side Cemetery.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Miles Benjamin McSweeney
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
1899–1901
Succeeded by
James Tillman
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
James Norton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 6th congressional district

1901–1905
Succeeded by
J. Edwin Ellerbe
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