Robert Ludwell Yates Peyton was a Missouri attorney, politician and Confederate States Army officer who served as a Confederate States Senator from February 18, 1862, until his death in Alabama of malaria contracted while defending Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1863.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- member of the State Senate of Missouri
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 8, 1822
- Died
- September 3, 1863