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Quick facts for kids Robert Bloxom
1st Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry
In office January 3, 2005 – January 16, 2010
Governor	Mark Warner Tim Kaine
Preceded by	None (position created)
Succeeded by	Todd Haymore
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 100th district
In office January 12, 1983 – January 14, 2004
Preceded by	None (district created)
Succeeded by	Lynwood Lewis
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 42nd district
In office January 13, 1982 – January 12, 1983
Preceded by	Billy O'Brien
Succeeded by	Warren E. Barry
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 46th district
In office January 11, 1978 – January 13, 1982
Preceded by	George N. McMath
Succeeded by	Bernard S. Cohen (46th district) George W. Grayson (97th district)
Personal details
Born	Robert Spurgeon Bloxom (1937-04-06)April 6, 1937 Baltimore, Maryland
Died	December 13, 2020(2020-12-13) (aged 83) Mappsville, Virginia
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Patricia Killmon
Residence	Mappsville, Virginia
Alma mater	University of Richmond
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Robert Spurgeon Bloxom Sr. (April 26, 1937 – December 13, 2020) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates before becoming Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry.

Bloxom was nominated to become the first agriculture secretary for Virginia by Governor of Virginia Mark Warner. When Tim Kaine succeeded Warner as governor, he retained Bloxom in the role.

His son Robert Bloxom Jr. was elected to the House of Delegates in 2014.

Bloxom died at his home in Mappsville, Virginia, on December 13, 2020, at the age of 83.