Robert B. Scarborough

Robert Bethea Scarborough
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 6th district
In office March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905
Preceded by	James Norton
Succeeded by	J. Edwin Ellerbe
63rd Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
In office June 2, 1899 – January 15, 1901
Governor	Miles Benjamin McSweeney
Preceded by	Miles Benjamin McSweeney
Succeeded by	James H. Tillman
President Pro Tempore of the South Carolina State Senate
In office 1898–1899
Member of the South Carolina State Senate
In office 1897–1899
Personal details
Born	(1861-10-29)October 29, 1861 Chesterfield, South Carolina
Died	Conway, South Carolina
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Teacher, lawyer, politician

Robert Bethea Scarborough (October 29, 1861 – November 23, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

Born in Chesterfield, South Carolina, Scarborough attended the common schools and Mullins (South Carolina) Academy. He taught school. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Conway, South Carolina. County attorney of Horry County 1885-1893. He served as clerk of the county board 1885-1890. He served as member of the South Carolina State senate in 1897 and 1898 and was elected president pro tempore in 1898. He served as the 63rd Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 1899.

Scarborough was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1904 to the Fifty-ninth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Conway, South Carolina, and was also interested in banking. He served as chairman of the board of regents of the South Carolina State Hospital. He died in Conway, South Carolina, on November 23, 1927. He was interred in Lake Side Cemetery.

Sources

• Robert B. Scarborough at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Political offices
Preceded by Miles Benjamin McSweeney	Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina 1899–1901	Succeeded by James Tillman
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by James Norton	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 6th congressional district 1901–1905	Succeeded by J. Edwin Ellerbe