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.

[1] He married Margaret Elizabeth Johnston on December 12, 1849.

[3][4] He died in Columbia, South Carolina on December 10, 1888.