Robert Carlos De Large (March 15, 1842 – February 14, 1874) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina, serving 1871 to 1873.

De Large was born in Aiken, South Carolina, on March 15, 1842, the mixed-race son of a free woman of color was part Hatian and a Sephardi Jewish father, according to scholar Benjamin Ginsberg.

As a young man, De Large became a member of the Brown Fellowship Society of Charleston, made up of people of color who had been free before the war.

In addition, it found that De Large had maintained two positions in South Carolina government that were incompatible with his role as a congressman.

[3] On January 18, 1873, the committee declared the seat vacant for the rest of the 42nd Congress, set to adjourn in March, and gained agreement by the full House.