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- Robert Jackson Gamble was a US Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble. He was born in Genesee County, near Akron, New York on February 7, 1851. In 1862, he moved with his parents to Fox Lake, Wisconsin. In 1874, he graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1875 and began practice in Yankton, Territory of Dakota, later South Dakota. He became a district attorney for the second judicial district of the Territory of Dakota in 1880, and was a city attorney for Yankton in 1881 and 1882. Afterward, he went on to become a member of the Territorial council in 1885. Several years after South Dakota became a state, he was elected a representative to the Fifty-fourth Congress in 1895 as a Republican. Although an unsuccessful candidate in the 1896 election, he was re-elected to the Fifty-sixth Congress. During the Fifty-sixth Congress, he became the chairman of the now-defunct U.S. House Committee on Expenditures on the Public Buildings. In 1901, Robert J. Gamble was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate. Re-elected in 1906, he served until March 1913, after being an unsuccessful candidate for renomination. He was chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Depredations during the Fifty-seventh Congress, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard from the Fifty-eighth to the Sixtieth Congress, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills during the Sixty-first Congress, and chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs during the Sixty-Second Congress. In 1915, Gamble moved to Sioux Falls and resumed the practice of law. From 1916 to 1924 he served as a referee in bankruptcy for the southern district of South Dakota. He was a member of the National Executive Committee of the League to Enforce Peace. He died in Sioux Falls on September 22, 1924, and was buried in Yankton Cemetery in Yankton, South Dakota.
- Robert Jackson Gamble war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker aus dem US-Bundesstaat South Dakota. Er war der Vater von Ralph Abernethy Gamble und Bruder von John Rankin Gamble, beides Abgeordnete im US-Repräsentantenhaus.
- Robert Jackson Gamble to amerykański prawnik i polityk związany z Partią Republikańską. W dwóch różnych okresach, przez jedną dwuletnią kadencję Kongresu Stanów Zjednoczonych w latach 1895–1897 i ponownie w latach 1899–1901 był przedstawicielem drugiego okręgu wyborczego w stanie Dakota Południowa w Izbie Reprezentantów Stanów Zjednoczonych. Później, w latach 1901–1913 reprezentował stan Dakota Południowa w Senacie Stanów Zjednoczonych. Jego brat, John Rankin Gamble, także był przedstawicielem stanu Dakota Południowa w Izbie Reprezentantów Stanów Zjednoczonych, natomiast jego syn, Ralph Abernethy Gamble, zasiadał w Izbie Reprezentantów jako przedstawiciel stanu Nowy Jork.
- Robert Jackson Gamble, född 7 februari 1851 i Genesee County, New York, död 22 september 1924 i Sioux Falls, South Dakota, var en amerikansk republikansk politiker. Han representerade South Dakotas 2:a distrikt i 1895-1897 och 1899-1901. Han var senator för South Dakota 1901-1913. Gamble studerade juridik vid Lawrence University. Han inledde 1875 sin karriär som advokat i Dakotaterritoriet. Han gifte sig 1884 med Carrie S. Osborn. Efter en mandatperiod i representanthuset kandiderade Gamble till omval men förlorade mot Populistpartiets kandidat Freeman T. Knowles. Gamble vann tillbaka sitt mandat i representanthuset och besegrade sedan i följande val sittande senatorn Richard F. Pettigrew för att få representera South Dakota i . Efter två mandatperioder i senaten nominerade republikanerna i South Dakota inte längre Gamble för en tredje mandatperiod. Han efterträddes som senator av Thomas Sterling. Gambles bror John Rankin Gamble var ledamot av representanthuset 1891 och avled i ämbetet. Också Gambles son, Ralph A. Gamble, var ledamot av representanthuset, 1937-1957. Gambles grav finns på Yankton City Cemetery i Yankton, South Dakota.
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- Robert Jackson Gamble was a US Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble. He was born in Genesee County, near Akron, New York on February 7, 1851. In 1862, he moved with his parents to Fox Lake, Wisconsin. In 1874, he graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1875 and began practice in Yankton, Territory of Dakota, later South Dakota.
- Robert Jackson Gamble war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist und Politiker aus dem US-Bundesstaat South Dakota. Er war der Vater von Ralph Abernethy Gamble und Bruder von John Rankin Gamble, beides Abgeordnete im US-Repräsentantenhaus.
- Robert Jackson Gamble to amerykański prawnik i polityk związany z Partią Republikańską. W dwóch różnych okresach, przez jedną dwuletnią kadencję Kongresu Stanów Zjednoczonych w latach 1895–1897 i ponownie w latach 1899–1901 był przedstawicielem drugiego okręgu wyborczego w stanie Dakota Południowa w Izbie Reprezentantów Stanów Zjednoczonych. Później, w latach 1901–1913 reprezentował stan Dakota Południowa w Senacie Stanów Zjednoczonych.
- Robert Jackson Gamble, född 7 februari 1851 i Genesee County, New York, död 22 september 1924 i Sioux Falls, South Dakota, var en amerikansk republikansk politiker. Han representerade South Dakotas 2:a distrikt i 1895-1897 och 1899-1901. Han var senator för South Dakota 1901-1913. Gamble studerade juridik vid Lawrence University. Han inledde 1875 sin karriär som advokat i Dakotaterritoriet. Han gifte sig 1884 med Carrie S. Osborn.
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