{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bob Argo | image = | image_size = 180px | office1 = Member of the Georgia House of Representatives | term_start1 = January 10, 1977 | term_end1 = January 12, 1987 | predecessor1 = Chappelle Matthews | successor1 = Lawton Stephens | constituency1 = {{ubl|63rd district (1977–1983)|68th district (1983–1987)}} | birth_name = Robert Eugene Argo Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|11|18}} | birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|7|7|1923|11|18}}<ref name="Obituary">[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/onlineathens/obituary.aspx?pid=180589932 Bob Argo's obituary]</ref> | death_place = Athens, Georgia, U.S. | resting_place = Oconee Hill Cemetery | party = Democratic | occupation = Insurance executive | spouse = {{marriage|Jeane Lois Alderson|1953}} | children = 3, including Marty | relations = | alma_mater = University of Georgia | branch = United States Coast Guard | battles = {{tree list}} *World War II **Pacific theater {{tree list/end}} }} '''Robert Eugene Argo Jr.''' (November 18, 1923 – July 7, 2016) was an American politician and insurance executive. An alumnus of the University of Georgia,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/ark:/99166/w6d59djt|title = Argo, Robert E., 1923- - Social Networks and Archival Context}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/statreg-images/pdfs/1981.pdf |title= Georgia Official and Statistical Register 1981–82 |page= 68}}</ref> Argo served in the Civil Air Patrol and later in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Argo Obituary - Athens, GA |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/athens-ga/robert-argo-6999944 |access-date=2023-09-17 |website=Dignity Memorial |language=en-us}}</ref> Argo was first elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1976, and he served until 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://russelldoc.galib.uga.edu/russell/view?docId=ead/RBRL020REA-ead.xml;query=;brand=default|title = Robert e. Argo, Jr. Papers}}</ref>
He was the father of Marty Kemp, First Lady of Georgia.
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