Archimedes Robb
{{Short description|American politician (1814–1875)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Archimedes Robb
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| state_house = Pennsylvania
| district = Chester County
| term_start = 1869
| term_end = 1869
| predecessor = John Hickman, James M. Phillips, Stephen M. Meredith
| successor = James C. Roberts, Joseph C. Keech, Abel Darlington
| alongside = James M. Phillips and Stephen M. Meredith
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1814|12|8}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|1875|11|24|1814|12|8}}
| death_place = Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| resting_place = Great Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Malvern, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| party = Republican
| spouse = Eliza
| children = 2
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| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|farmer}}
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Archimedes Robb (December 8, 1814 – November 24, 1875) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County in 1869.
Early life
Career
Robb was a Republican. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County in 1869.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/chestercountyits00thoms/page/440/mode/2up |title=Chester County and Its People |editor-last=Thomson |editor-first=W. W. |year=1898 |publisher=The Union History Company |page=441 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}}
Robb was a farmer. He was president of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Chester County at the time of his death.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924005813518/page/390/mode/2up |title=History of Chester County, Pennsylvania, with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches |last1=Futhey |first=J. Smith |last2=Cope |first2=Gilbert |publisher=Louis H. Everts |year=1881 |page=391 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wilmington-daily-commercial-insurance-pr/137111247/ |title=Insurance Presidency Filled |date=1875-12-04 |newspaper=WIlmington Daily Commercial |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}}
Personal life
Robb married Eliza.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-robb-4-jun-18/137111299/ |title=Robb |date=1892-06-04 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}} His daughter Jennie A. married I. Heston Todd.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalport00wile_2/page/n335/mode/2up |title=Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |editor-last=Wiley |editor-first=Samuel T. |publisher=Philadelphia Biographical Publishing Company |year=1895 |page=265 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}} His daughter Belle married John A. Holmes of St. Louis, Missouri.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/stlouisfourthcit00unse/page/212/mode/2up |title=St. Louis, The Fourth City, Pictorial and Biographical |volume=2 |publisher=The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. |year=1909 |page=213 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}} He lived in Frazer, Pennsylvania.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofchester00heat/page/84/mode/2up |title=A History of Chester County Pennsylvania |editor-last=Heathcote |editor-first=C. W. |publisher=National Historical Association, Inc. |year=1932 |page=84 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}}
Robb died on November 24, 1875, at his home in Chester County. He was interred at Great Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Malvern.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-weekly-gazette-levi-prizer-an/137110573/ |title=Levi Prizer and Archimedes Robb... |date=1875-12-02 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Daily Gazette |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-12-20}}{{Open access}}
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Category:Politicians from Chester County, Pennsylvania
Category:Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Category:Farmers from Pennsylvania
Category:19th-century American farmers
Category:19th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly