Robert "Honest Bob" Wilson (1793 – 1856) was a land speculator and politician in Texas.
Robert received some schooling and learned a variety of skills in Baltimore, including carpentry, machining, and running boilers.
[2] In 1819, Wilson married Margaret Prendergrast, after which they moved to St.
[2] Robert Wilson ran for the presidency of the Republic of Texas in 1838.
Initially he was engaged in a four-way race with Vice-President Mirabeau Lamar, Peter Grayson, and James Collinsworth, but Grayson committed suicide on July 9, 1838, and Collingsworth drowned in Galveston Bay two days later.