Robert M. Leach

{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Robert M. Leach | honorific_suffix = | image = File:RobertMLeach.jpg | alt = | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = {{ushr|MA|15|15th}} | term_start1 = November 4, 1924 | term_end1 = March 3, 1925 | predecessor1 = [[William S. Greene]] | successor1 = [[Joseph William Martin Jr.]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1879|4|2}} | birth_place = [[Franklin, New Hampshire]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1952|2|18|1879|4|2}} | death_place = [[Eustis, Florida]], U.S. | spouse = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Dartmouth College]] | occupation = Businessman | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Robert Milton Leach''' (April 2, 1879 – February 18, 1952) was a [[United States representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]. He was born in [[Franklin, New Hampshire]], on April 2, 1879. He attended the public schools, [[Phillips Academy]] and [[Dartmouth College]]. He moved to [[Taunton, Massachusetts]], in 1900 and engaged in the chain-store furniture business in [[New England]].

He was commissioned as captain in the Ordnance Division of the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]]. He was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [[William S. Greene]] and served from November 4, 1924, to March 3, 1925. He was not a candidate for renomination. He resumed his former business activities and died in [[Eustis, Florida]], on February 18, 1952. His interment was in Franklin Cemetery in Franklin, N.H.

==External links== * {{CongBio|L000171}} *{{Find a Grave|21216947}}

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