Robert L. Crook was an American politician from Mississippi.

Crook served in the Mississippi State Senate

Mississippi State Senate

The Mississippi Senate is the upper house of the Mississippi Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Senate is composed of 52 Senators representing an equal amount of constituent districts, with 54,704 people per district...

 from 1964 to 1992. He served as chairman of the Senate Fees and Salaries Committee for 20 years, setting policy on compensation for state and local officials.

Crook died from undisclosed causes at his home in Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...

at the age of 81. He was survived by his wife, two sons and a grandson.