Robert Lincoln Ramsay (March 24, 1877 – November 14, 1956) was an English-born American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for West Virginia's 1st congressional district from 1933 to 1939, 1941 to 1943, and 1949 to 1953.

The son of a coal miner,[1] Robert Ramsay was born in Witton Gilbert, County Durham, England.

Ramsay immigrated to the United States in 1881 with his parents, who settled in New Cumberland, Hancock County, West Virginia.

He attended local public schools and graduated from the West Virginia University College of Law in 1901.

Robert Ramsay was elected from West Virginia's 1st District as a Democrat to the Seventy-third,[2] Seventy-fourth,[3] and Seventy-fifth[4] Congresses, serving from March 4, 1933 until January 3, 1939.