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R. Milton Speer

The Civil Rights Act of 1875

(September 8, 1838 — January 17, 1890) Robert Milton Speer was a teacher, lawyer, proprietor, and politician. Speer was born in Cassville, Pennsylvania in 1838. After attending Cassville Academy, he taught school while studying law and was later admitted to the bar in 1859. Speer was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. After serving in Congress, he continued practicing law and became a proprietor of the Huntingdon Monitor. Speer died in New York City in 1890. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000713]

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