Robert Mitchell (congressman)

{{Infobox officeholder

|name=Robert Mitchell

|image=

|state1=Ohio

|district1={{ushr|Ohio|12|12th}}

|term_start1=March 4, 1833

|term_end1=March 3, 1835

|preceded1=John Thomson

|succeeded1=Elias Howell

|office2=Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Muskingum County

|term_start2=1815

|term_end2=1817

|preceded2=David Chambers
Stephen C. Smith

|succeeded2=Thomas Nisbit
Christian Spangler

|party=Jacksonian

|birth_date={{birth date|1778|12|30}}

|death_date={{Death date and age|1848|11|13|1778|12|30}}

|birth_place=Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

|death_place=Zanesville, Ohio

|restingplace=Greenwood Cemetery

|allegiance=United States

|branch=United States Army

|battles=War of 1812

}}

Robert Mitchell (December 30, 1778{{spnd}}November 13, 1848) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.

Formative years

Mitchell was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania on December 30, 1778. He studied medicine before he moved to Ohio in 1807.

Career

Mitchell practiced medicine in Zanesville, Ohio, and later held various positions in Muskingum County. He served in the War of 1812 in John De Vault's company.

From 1815 to 1817, Mitchell was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He then served as a judge of the court of common pleas.

In 1822, he held the rank of brigadier general in the Ohio Militia.

He was elected to represent Ohio's 12th congressional district (Licking and Muskingum Counties) in Congress in 1832. He lost his bid for reelection in 1834 and then returned to the practice of medicine.