caption death_date birth_place birth_date article_title education name
portrait by early-mid 20th century painter joseph allworthy 1932 texas , usa 1853 robert j. kleberg -lrb- king ranch -rrb-
 university of virginia robert j. kleberg
robert j. kleberg -lrb- king ranch -rrb-

robert justus kleberg , jr. -lrb- december 5 , 1853 -- october 10 , 1932 -rrb- was born to rose and robert j. kleberg in texas and attended the university of virginia .
he served as legal counsel to richard king and his king ranch .
when king died , kleberg took over the management of the ranch in 1885 .
under his tenure the ranch grew to encompass over .
eventually oil was discovered under much of this cattle country .
his son richard m. kleberg had recently been elected to the u.s. house of representatives -lrb- in 1931 -rrb- , which was mentioned in `` time '' magazine issue of 17 october , 1932 which reported the elder kleberg 's death .
