Robert Edward Varner (June 11, 1921 – May 17, 2006) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Robert Edward Varner
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
Born 1921 in Montgomery, AL
Died 2006
FJC ID: 2454
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Montgomery, Alabama1958–1971
Middle District of AlabamaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1954–1958- Private practice, Tuskegee, Alabama1949–1954
- Macon County [Alabama] Board of EducationMember · 1950–1954
- ↳chairman · 1954
- Tuskegee, AlabamaCity attorney · 1951
- U.S. Naval aviator lieutenant junior grade1942–1946
Appointments
1971–2006 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
J.D. · 1949- Auburn UniversityB.S. · 1942