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Permanent LinkRepresentative Robert A. Greene View All Years
ROBERT A. GREENE was born at McGregor, Iowa, January 3, 1865, and died in Des Moines, December 4, 1925. When about three years old his parents removed to Cedar Rapids where Robert grew to manhood, attending public school, including high school. In 1885 he was graduated from the Civil Engineering Department of the State University of Iowa, and went from there to Douglas, Wyoming, where he was engaged in civil engineering. In 1890 he returned to Cedar Rapids but soon removed to Des Moines and entered the office of the city engineer as an assistant. In 1893 he removed to East Peru, Madison County, and engaged in mercantile business. In 1901 he was elected representative and was re-elected in 1903, serving in the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first general assemblies. In 1905 he returned to Des Moines and with his son, Robert Greene, Jr., established and operated the Greene Specialty Company, handling merchants’ supplies. He was prominent in the United Commercial Travelers Association, and also in Masonry, including the Consistory and the Shrine.