Draft:Robert D. Ray (Missouri judge)

Robert D. Ray (February 16, 1817 – August 26, 1891) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1881 to 1890.

"[B]orn in Lexington County, Kentucky, graduated from Cumberland College in 1838, and came to Carrollton, Missouri, in 1839. He attained high rank at the bar, and was especially well known for his ability in the many difficult cases arising out of the imperfect and uncertain land titles in that section of the State. He was a member of the Legislature in 1846, and of the Gamble Convention in 1861. He remained continuously in the practice of his profession until 1881, when he assumed his seat as a member of the Supreme Court. Judge Ray's opinions display a laborious consideration of the case before him, and are in most instances exhaustive discussions of the questions involved. Some of them will always be worthy of attentive perusal. Many of them discuss interesting questions."