Robert Mitchell

Robert Mitchell (June 22, 1826 – June 21, 1899) was an American medical doctor, farmer, and Republican politician. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Marquette County, and was a Union Army surgeon throughout the American Civil War.

Background Mitchell was born in Moravia, New York, on June 22, 1826. He graduated from Geneva Medical College in 1845 and the University of Buffalo in 1850. He became a physician and farmer.

In Wisconsin; the war and after Mitchell moved to Wisconsin in 1857, having spent some months in Iowa and three years in California. He went into medical practice in Portage City.

Mitchell was defeated when he ran for re-election in the 1876 assembly, with 507 votes to 673 for Democrat B. Frank Goodell.

He ran once more for the Assembly, seeking election as a Democrat for the 1879 session, but lost with 718 votes to 953 for James W. Murphy (also a Democrat) and 69 votes for Greenbacker O. C. Pomeroy.

Mitchell spent many years on the Board of Examining Surgeons for the United States Pension Department in Portage, retaining that position through several changes of national government. He died in Portage on June 21, 1899.