Robert Chamberlin | |
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Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from the 35th district | |
In office 1955–1960 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Hecla, South Dakota | June 7, 1920
Died | September 10, 2013 Kernersville, North Carolina | (aged 93)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Jane Dorothy Pope |
Children | Merritt Pope Chamberlin, Deborah Chamberlin Ahlman |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin |
Robert Mather Chamberlin (June 7, 1920 – September 10, 2013) was an American politician in the state of South Dakota who was a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1955 to 1964.[1] Chamberlin was an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin and also attended the University of Southern California for his first two years of college on a baseball scholarship. He was a farmer/cattle rancher in Hecla, South Dakota and served as mayor of Hecla. He was also a former high school teacher in Orlando, Florida. He served in the Navy as a pilot during World War II in the Pacific earning a Silver Star.[2] He also ran as a Democratic candidate for Governor of South Dakota in the 1966 and 1968 elections. He died in 2013, aged 93.[3]