Henry Martyn Robert
Henry Martyn Robert | |
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| Born | May 2, 1837 Robertville, South Carolina, U.S.A. |
| Died | May 11, 1923 (aged 86) Hornell, New York, U.S.A. |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | United States Army (Union Army) |
| Years of service | 1857–1901 |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
| Commands | Chief of Engineers |
| Battles / wars | Pig War (1859) (San Juan Island) American Civil War (1861-1865) (Army of the Potomac) |
| Other work | Robert's Rules of Order (1876) |
| Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia | |
| In office February 14, 1890 – October 15, 1891 | |
| President | Benjamin Harrison |
| Preceded by | Charles Walker Raymond |
| Succeeded by | William Trent Rossell |
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Henry Martyn Robert (May 2, 1837 – May 11, 1923) was an American Army general, engineer, and author. In 1876, Robert published the first edition of his reference manual of parliamentary procedure, Robert's Rules of Order, which even today (150 years later) remains the most common authority on democratic parliamentary procedure in the United States.