Robert Warren Fish (August 4, 1897 – July 12, 1982) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served in the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

from 1947 to 1948.

Early life

Robert Warren Fish was born on August 4, 1897, in

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Mechanicsburg is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is west of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area. As of the ...

. He graduated from Alexander Hamilton Business School and Blackstone Institute of Law.

Career

Fish was commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

. He served in

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

, France. He was elected as a Republican to the

, representing

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from 1947 to 1948. He worked for

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Personal life

Fish married A. Catherine "Kitty". They had two daughters, Josephine and Marian. His wife died in 1973. He lived in Mechanicsburg throughout his life and was a member of Mechanicsburg Presbyterian Church. He was president of the Mechanicsburg Hunting Camp. Fish died on July 12, 1982, at Carlisle Hospital in

Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from ) is a city in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. Carlisle's early history is marked by the establishment of a settlement called Luguvalium to serve forts along Hadrian's Wall in Roman Britain. Due to its pro ...

. He was buried in Saint John's Cemetery in Shiremanstown.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fish, Robert W. 1897 births 1982 deaths People from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania United States Army personnel of World War I Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly