Robert J. Gamble

Robert Jackson Gamble (February 7, 1851 – September 22, 1924) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph A. Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble, members of South Dakota's prominent Gamble family.

Gamble was born in Genesee County, near Akron, New York, the son of Robert Gamble and Jennie (Abernethy) Gamble.^[1] In 1862, he moved with his parents to Fox Lake, Wisconsin.^[1] In 1874, he graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Science degree, and he later received his Master of Science from Lawrence.^[1][2] While attending college, Gamble taught school in the summer to pay his tuition.^[2] After graduating, he studied law with the Milwaukee firm of Jenkins, Elliot & Wheeler, and was admitted to the bar in 1875.^[2] He moved to Yankton in the portion of the Dakota Territory which later became South Dakota.^[2]

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In 1915, Gamble moved to Sioux Falls and resumed the practice of law.^[3] From 1916 to 1924, he served as a referee in bankruptcy for the southern district of South Dakota. He was a member of the National Executive Committee of the League to Enforce Peace.^[3]

Gamble died in Sioux Falls on September 22, 1924, aged 73, and was buried at Yankton City Cemetery in Yankton.^[3]

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