Robert R. Rose Jr.

Robert R. Rose, Jr. (November 1, 1915 – June 1997) was an American jurist who served as a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court from March 15, 1975, to November 1, 1985.

Rose was born in Evanston, Illinois in 1915 to Robert R. and Eleanor Rose.[1] In 1941, he received a law degree from the University of Wyoming and entered private practice in Casper, Wyoming.[1] He served as mayor of Casper in 1949 and 1950 and was elected to a term in the Wyoming House of Representatives in 1949.[1] He ran for a seat in the 1952 United States House of Representatives elections, but was defeated by the incumbent, William H. Harrison.[2] Rose was appointed to the Wyoming Supreme Court by Governor Edgar J. Herschler on March 15, 1975, and retired on November 1, 1985.[1] Afterwards he maintained a law practice in Cheyenne in association with the Jackson law firm of Spence, Moriaty and Schuster.[1] He also served on the faculty of the University of Wyoming College of Law.[1] In 1993, he helped to establish the Trial Lawyers College.[3]