Robert_Fisher_(Tennessee_politician)

Robert Fisher (Tennessee politician)

Robert Fisher (Tennessee politician)

American politician

Robert Joseph Fisher (June 3, 1925 – February 11, 1989) was an American politician in the state of Tennessee. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1975 to 1980, sitting as a Republican.[1][2]

Quick Facts Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 4th district, Preceded by ...

In 1980, he was convicted of soliciting a $1,000 bribe from Carter County Sheriff George Papantoniou to kill a state bill the sheriff opposed. Fisher was fined $500 and received a 30 day suspended sentence, being expelled from the state legislature by a vote of 92–1. He was the first legislator in Tennessee to be expelled since 1866.[3][4]

Fisher died in Mountain Home, Tennessee on February 11, 1989, at the age of 63.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Tennessee Blue Book". Secretary of State. May 5, 1980 – via Google Books.
  2. [2]
    "Tennessee 91st General Assembly". www.capitol.tn.gov.
  3. [3]
    Fisher, Robert J., Trial Records, 1979–1980, Representing House District # 4,
  4. [4]
    "Rep. Robert Fisher is expelled from the House of Representatives". The Tennessean. 15 January 1980. p. 1.
  5. [5]
    "Ex-state lawmaker, Robert Fisher, dies". Johnson City Press. 13 February 1989. p. 2. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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