Robert Scholes (politician)

{{Short description|American politician and lawyer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Robert Scholes

| image =

| office = 48th Speaker of the
Illinois House of Representatives

| term_start = January 7, 1925

| term_end = January 9, 1929

| predecessor = David Shanahan

| successor = David Shanahan

| birth_name = Robert Scholes

| birth_date = {{birth date|1866|12|5}}

| birth_place = Peoria, Illinois

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1929|10|23|1866|12|5}}

| death_place = Peoria, Illinois

| party = Republican

| alma_mater =

| spouse = Ida Mae Partridge

| children = 1

}}

Robert Scholes (December 5, 1866 – October 23, 1929) was an American politician and lawyer.{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HcAGAQAAIAAJ&q=Scholes&pg=PA124 | title=Illinois Blue Book | year=1925 }}

Born in Peoria, Illinois, Scholes was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1899 and then practiced law in Peoria. From 1904 to 1912, Scholes was state's attorney for Peoria County, Illinois and was a Republican. From 1917 until his death in 1929, Scholes served in the Illinois House of Representatives and was twice speaker of the house in 1925 and 1927. Scholes died in his home, in Peoria, Illinois, from a heart ailment and ill health.'Illinois Blue Book 1929,' Biographical Sketch of Robert Scholes, pg. 222'Robert Scholes, Former Illinois Speaker, Is Dead,' Chicago Tribune, October 24, 1929, pg. 7