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Robert M. Leach

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Robert M. Leach
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 15th district
In office
November 4, 1924 – March 3, 1925
Preceded byWilliam S. Greene
Succeeded byJoseph William Martin Jr.
Personal details
Born(1879-04-02)April 2, 1879
Franklin, New Hampshire
DiedFebruary 18, 1952(1952-02-18) (aged 72)
Eustis, Florida
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Alma materDartmouth College
OccupationBusinessman

Robert Milton Leach (April 2, 1879 – February 18, 1952) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Franklin, New Hampshire, on April 2, 1879. He attended the public schools, Phillips Academy and Dartmouth College. He moved to Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1900 and engaged in the chain-store furniture business in New England.

He was commissioned as captain in the Ordnance Division of the United States Army during World War I. He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William S. Greene and served from November 4, 1924, to March 3, 1925. He was not a candidate for renomination. He resumed his former business activities and died in Eustis, Florida, on February 18, 1952. His interment was in Franklin Cemetery in Franklin, N.H.

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  • United States Congress. "Robert M. Leach (id: L000171)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Robert M. Leach at Find a Grave
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 15th congressional district

November 4, 1924 – March 3, 1925
Succeeded by