Biographical Sketches

ROBERT FISHER

ROBERT FISHER, member of the first State Senate from Jefferson County, was born at Philadelphia, October 10, 1827; he attended the public schools of his native city; when at manhood's age he was employed as a clerk, and worked in Nashville and Memphis; from the latter city he started for California, arriving in the Golden State May 22, 1852; he then followed mining for eight years in California, and subsequently went with the throng to the Nevada El Dorados, where he sold merchandise and mined; he served as a member of the second Legislature of Nevada, and was twice re-elected; he came to Montana in 1866 and settled in Jefferson County; in 1871 he was elected member of the Territorial Council, serving jointly for Lewis and Clarke and Jefferson Counties; was renominated and defeated in 1873; in 1889 he was elected Senator from Jefferson County, defeating Edward Cardwell, and served in the first State Senate; in 1890 he was nominated, but was defeated by his opponent of the previous year; in February, 1891, President Harrison appointed him Register of the Missoula Land Office, which position he now holds.  Mr. Fisher is a Republican of the pronounced type.

Source: Transcription from the book, The Montana Blue Book, compiled by Jno. W. Pace and H. J. Mock, published in 1891; located on the website, Hathitrust Digital Library (http://www.hathitrust.org), accessed 31 August 2022.

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