Robert Taylor Thorp (March 12, 1850 – November 26, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Born near Oxford, North Carolina, Thorp attended Horner Academy, Oxford, North Carolina, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1870.

He successfully contested as a Republican the election of William R. McKenney to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from May 2, 1896, to March 3, 1897.

He moved to Norfolk, Virginia, and continued the practice of law.

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