# Robert Stanard
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{{Short description|American judge and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Robert Stanard
| image = Speaker Robert Stanard.png
| office = [Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court](/source/List_of_justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_Virginia)
| term_start = January 19, 1839
| term_end = May 14, 1846
| predecessor = [William Brockenbrough](/source/William_Brockenbrough_(judge))
| successor = [William Daniel](/source/William_Daniel_(judge))
| office2 = Member of the [Virginia House of Delegates](/source/Virginia_House_of_Delegates)
from [Richmond City](/source/Richmond%2C_Virginia)
| term_start2 = 1835
| term_end2 = 1837
| predecessor2 = [Chapman Johnson](/source/Chapman_Johnson)
| successor2 = ''unknown''
| office3 = 16th [Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates](/source/Speaker_of_the_Virginia_House_of_Delegates)
| term_start3 = 1816
| term_end3 = 1817
| predecessor3 = [Andrew Stevenson](/source/Andrew_Stevenson)
| successor3 = [Linn Banks](/source/Linn_Banks)
| office4 = Member of the [Virginia House of Delegates](/source/Virginia_House_of_Delegates)
from [Spotsylvania County](/source/Spotsylvania_County%2C_Virginia)
| term_start4 = 1808
| term_end4 = 1817
| predecessor4 = Hugh T. Mercer
| successor4 = Garrett Minor
| alongside4 = Stapleton Crutchfield, John Quarles, Carter L. Stevenson, John Mercer
| birth_date = {{birth date|1781|8|17|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [Spotsylvania County, Virginia](/source/Spotsylvania_County%2C_Virginia), U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1846|05|14|1781|8|17}}
| death_place = [Richmond, Virginia](/source/Richmond%2C_Virginia), U.S.
| party = [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)) (from 1835)
| other_party = [Independent](/source/Independent_politician) (1813-1835)
[Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican_Party) (1808-1813)
| spouse = {{marriage|Jane Stith Craig Stanard|1812|1824|end=d}}
| children = 4
| alma_mater = [College of William and Mary](/source/College_of_William_and_Mary)
| occupation = Lawyer, judge, politician
}}
'''Robert Stanard''' (August 17, 1781 – May 14, 1846) was a Virginia lawyer, judge and political figure. He was the 16th [Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates](/source/Speaker_of_the_Virginia_House_of_Delegates) and later a judge on the [Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals](/source/Virginia_Supreme_Court_of_Appeals).
==Early and family life==
The son of William Stanard and Elizabeth Carter, Robert Stanard was born in [Spotsylvania County, Virginia](/source/Spotsylvania_County%2C_Virginia), on August 17, 1781. In 1798, he attended the [College of William and Mary](/source/College_of_William_and_Mary),[{{cite book | title = The History of the College of William and Mary | year = 1874 | publisher = J.W. Randolph & English | isbn = 978-1-02-235499-9 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=apcaAAAAYAAJ&q=robert%20stanard%20college&pg=PA78 | accessdate = Nov 21, 2009}}] where he studied law.
==Career==
Admitted to the Virginia bar, Stanard began the private practice of law in Spotsylvania County and nearby Fredericksburg, Virginia through the [War of 1812](/source/War_of_1812). Eventually he became a notable figure in the [Richmond](/source/Richmond%2C_Virginia) legal community.[{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography; Volume 2|date=1915|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|isbn=1177835193|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediavir02unkngoog/page/n99 65]|edition=Lyon Gardiner Tyler|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediavir02unkngoog|quote=Robert Stanard.}}]
He was first elected to the [Virginia House of Delegates](/source/Virginia_House_of_Delegates) as one of the representatives (part-time) from Spotsylvania County, and was repeatedly re-elected.[Cynthia Miller Leopnard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Virginia State Library 1978) pp.] From 1816 to 1817, fellow delegates elected him as the [16th Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates](/source/List_of_Speakers_of_the_Virginia_House_of_Delegates).
In 1817, he became the [United States Attorney](/source/United_States_Attorney) for the District of Virginia.
Stanard was later selected as a member of the [Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830](/source/Virginia_Constitutional_Convention_of_1829-1830), which revised the [Constitution of Virginia](/source/Constitution_of_Virginia). His contribution to the convention were well received and increased his prominence. In 1839, he was elected to the [Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals](/source/Supreme_Court_of_Virginia), upon the death of Judge [William Brockenbrough](/source/William_Brockenbrough_(judge)). He remained on that court until his death in 1846.