| Birthname: | Robert Todd Lytle |
| Robert T. Lytle | |
| State: | Ohio |
| District: | 1st |
| Party: | Jacksonian |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1833 |
| Term End: | March 10, 1834 |
| Term Start1: | December 27, 1834 |
| Term End1: | March 3, 1835 |
| Preceded: | James Findlay |
| Succeeded1: | Bellamy Storer |
| State House2: | Ohio |
| District2: | Hamilton County |
| Term Start2: | December 1, 1828 |
| Term End2: | December 6, 1829 |
| Preceded2: | Elijah Hayward John C. Short Peter Bell |
| Succeeded2: | Samuel Reese Alexander Duncan David T. Disney George Graham |
| Birth Date: | May 19, 1804 |
| Birth Place: | Williamsburg, Ohio |
| Death Date: | December 22, 1839 (age 35) |
| Death Place: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Haines |
| Children: | William, Josephine, Elizabeth Haines |
| Restingplace: | Spring Grove Cemetery |
Robert Todd Lytle (May 19, 1804 – December 22, 1839) was a 19th Century lawyer and politician who represented Ohio in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1833 to 1835.
Lytle was born in Williamsburg, Ohio, a nephew of John Rowan. He attended the uncommon schools and Cincinnati College, and studied law in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was admitted to the bar in 1824. He commenced the practice of his profession in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Married Elizabeth Haines of New Jersey November 30, 1825. They had a son William Haines Lytle, and two daughters, Josephine R., and Elizabeth Haines Lytle.[1]
He was elected county prosecuting attorney, and a member of the State house of representatives in 1828 and 1829.
He was then elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1833, until March 10, 1834, when he resigned. He was reelected to fill the vacancy caused by his own resignation and served from December 27, 1834, to March 3, 1835.
After running as an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress, Lytle resumed his law practice, focusing principally on real estate law. Lytle was an opponent of free black men and encouraged mob attacks against African Americans in Cincinnati. In 1836 he led rally that encouraged violence against African Americans, stating to the crowd that they should "castrate the men and the women!" He served as Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory in 1834–1838,[2] and major general of Ohio Militia in 1838.
Lytle died in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 22, 1839. He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.
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