Robert Louis Leggett (July 26, 1926 – August 13, 1997) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1979.

He served as an enlisted man in the United States Naval Air Corps from 1944 to 1946.

[1] In the 1970s, he began an affair with Suzi Park Thomson, an aide to Speaker of the House Carl Albert.

[1][2] Thomson, who was born in Korea, frequently entertained diplomats and intelligence officials from the South Korean Embassy.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress