Robert R. Gray (born c. 1855) was a teacher and state legislator in North Carolina.[1] He served in the North Carolina House and Senate. He attended Saint Augustine College in Raleigh.[2]

In 1883 when he was 28 years old, he represented Edgecombe County in the North Carolina Senate.[3][1] He was African American.[4] He lived in Tarboro, North Carolina.[1]

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  1. 1 2 3 Justesen, Benjamin R. “‘The Class of '83’: Black Watershed in the North Carolina General Assembly.” The North Carolina Historical Review 86, no. 3 (2009): 282–308. via JSTOR, accessed January 8, 2023.
  2. ↑ Justesen, Benjamin R. (2009). ""The Class of '83": Black Watershed in the North Carolina General Assembly". The North Carolina Historical Review. 86 (3): 282–308. ISSN 0029-2494. JSTOR 23523861.
  3. ↑ Simmons-Henry, Linda (1990). The Heritage of Blacks in North Carolina. North Carolina African American Heritage Foundation. ISBN 978-0-912081-12-0.
  4. ↑ "North Carolina State Senate - 1883". www.carolana.com. 1883. Retrieved 2022-11-19.


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