Robert Weygand
| Robert Weygand | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Jack Reed |
| Succeeded by | James Langevin |
| 65th Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island | |
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In office January 2, 1993 – January 2, 1997 |
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| Governor |
Bruce Sundlun Lincoln Almond |
| Preceded by | Roger N. Begin |
| Succeeded by | Bernard Jackvony |
| Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives | |
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In office 1985–1993 |
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May 10, 1948 Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Rhode Island |
Robert A. "Bob" Weygand (born May 10, 1948) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1997 until 2001. He was a Democrat from Rhode Island.
Weygand was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts to Charles E. Weygand and Lillian M. (Kingsley) Weygand. He attended St. Raphael Academy for his high school years, attended the University of Rhode Island where he became a member of Theta Chi Fraternity. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater in 1971, a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1976, a Master of Arts in Political Science in 2009 and a Masters of Public Administration in 2010 all from the University of Rhode Island. A landscape architect for the Rhode Island Department of Natural Resources from 1973 until 1977, a city planner and landscape architect for an architectural firm, 1977 to 1982, he founded and was president of Weygand, Orchich, & Christie, Inc., an architectural and landscape architectural firm from 1982 to 1993. He was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1998.
In 1991, Weygand, then a state legislator, was offered a $2,000 bribe by then-Pawtucket Mayor Brian J. Sarault. Weygand went to the Rhode Island State Police and the FBI and agreed to deal with the mayor and provide evidence of the bribe. Wearing the listening equipment, Weygand met with Sarault in the mayor's office. After Weygand left, FBI agents burst in and arrested the mayor. The evidence Weygand provided helped send the mayor, several other city officials and private vendors to prison.
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