Robert Mitchell (Wisconsin politician)

Robert Mitchell (June 22, 1826 – June 21, 1899) was an American physician and farmer from Douglas Center, Wisconsin who served one term as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Mitchell was born in Moravia, New York on June 22, 1826; he graduated from Geneva Medical College in 1845, and the University of Buffalo in 1850, and became a physician and farmer.

Mitchell moved to Wisconsin in 1857, having spent some months in Iowa and three years in California, and went into medical practice in Portage City. During the American Civil War, Mitchell was the assistant surgeon of the 10th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment for two years, and was at the Battles of Perryville and Stone River; then became surgeon of the 27th Wisconsin Volunteers, and was at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, and at the siege of Mobile.

After the war, Mitchell resumed practice in Portage, but moved to Douglass in Marquette County, in 1869, becoming a full-time farmer for some time.