Robert P. Dean (1909–1984) was an American farmer, Merchant Marine, and Democratic politician born in

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, in Caroline County. He graduated from

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in 1931. Dean was a four-term

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representing the Upper

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from

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starting in 1954 through 1967. Following a redistricting in 1967, Dean represented District 15 until his defeat in 1971. served on committees that included Judicial Proceedings, Finance, Banking and Insurance, Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the Chesapeake Bay and its Tributaries. He was instrumental in the organization of

Chesapeake College Chesapeake College is a public community college with its main campus in Wye Mills, Maryland, and a satellite campus in Cambridge. It was the first regional community college in the state and serves the five Mid-Shore counties: Caroline, Dorch ...

and

Tuckahoe State Park Tuckahoe State Park is a public recreation area along Tuckahoe Creek in Caroline and Queen Anne's counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, United States. Adkins Arboretum, a garden and preserve maintaining over 600 native plant species, o ...

in his district. His brother was three-term Caroline County Commissioner Charles T. Dean, Sr.

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'', February 24, 1984 (accessed June 19, 2008).

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1909 births 1984 deaths People from Caroline County, Maryland Washington College alumni Democratic Party Maryland state senators People from Queen Anne's County, Maryland 20th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly {{Maryland-politician-stub