Robert Rufus Bridgers (November 28, 1819 – December 10, 1888) was a Confederate politician during the American Civil War.
Bridgers was born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina on November 28, 1819.[1] He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1841.[2] He served in the state legislature in 1844, and again from 1858 to 1861.[1]
He married Margaret Elizabeth Johnston on December 12, 1849.[1]
He represented the state in the First Confederate Congress and the Second Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1865.[3][4]
He died in Columbia, South Carolina on December 10, 1888.[2]