Robert M. Robson

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Robert Morgan Robson (November 28, 1921 – September 5, 2006) was an American attorney and politician who served as Idaho’s 25th attorney general from 1969 to 1971. He was born in Kellogg, Idaho, and grew up there. He studied pre-med at the University of Idaho and earned a law degree from the UI College of Law.

Robson served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, training with the Naval Air Training Command. After law school, he worked as the district attorney for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. He was active in Idaho politics as a Republican, serving as state finance chair and on the party’s executive committee.

Governor Don Samuelson appointed Robson as attorney general after Allan Shepard left the job to join the Idaho Supreme Court. In 1970, he argued Idaho’s case in Oregon v. Mitchell. He lost the November 1970 election to Democrat Tony Park and left office in 1971.

After leaving office, Robson practiced law in Boise, Idaho, and Phoenix, Arizona. He was married to Catherine Penelope Agee from 1944 until his death in 2006. They had four children and lived in Hayden, Idaho.