Robert Eneas Lamberton

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Robert Eneas Lamberton (September 14, 1886 - August 22, 1941) was a U.S. Republican politician who served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1940 to 1941.

He was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and ran an unsuccessful campaign for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1934. He ran successfully for Philadelphia mayor against Robert C. White, a Democrat, garnering 398,384 votes to White's 361,143.

Lamberton died in office, and Bernard Samuel became acting mayor upon his death. Several years later, a school was named after him in Philadelphia's Overbrook Park section.

The school has been called Robert E. Lamberton Public School, Lamberton Public School, Robert E. Lamberton High School, Robert E. Lamberton Eastern Early College High School, and Lamberton High School.

Preceded by George Connell	Mayor of Philadelphia 1940–1941	Succeeded by Bernard Samuel

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