Robert L. Bergman (November 10, 1948 – November 29, 2013) was an American politician and businessman. Born in

Elgin, Illinois Elgin ( ) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, Cook and Kane County, Illinois, Kane counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located northwest of Chicago along the Fox River (Illinois River tributary), Fox River. As of the 2020 United Stat ...

, Bergman graduated from Palatine High School. He then worked in his family's truck business; Bergman Trucking. He also served as highway commissioner for the Elgin Township. On November 14, 1996, Bergman was appointed to the

Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 representativ ...

and served until 1999. He was a Republican. He then worked for Red Arrow Construction and retired in 2012. Bergman died from esophageal cancer.'Former State Rep. Robert L. Bergman, 65, Palatine,' ''Palatine Patch,'' Angela Sykora, December 2, 2013

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1948 births 2013 deaths Politicians from Elgin, Illinois People from Palatine, Illinois Businesspeople from Illinois Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives Deaths from cancer in Illinois 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century members of the Illinois General Assembly {{Illinois-Ilrepresentative-Republican-stub