Frederick Robinson (Massachusetts politician)
Frederick Robinson | |
|---|---|
| Sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts | |
| In office 1852–1854 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph E. Sprague |
| Succeeded by | Thomas E. Payson |
| President of the Massachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1843–1843 | |
| Preceded by | Phineas W. Leland |
| Succeeded by | Josiah Quincy, Jr. |
| Member of the Massachusetts Senate | |
| In office 1843–1843 | |
| Preceded by | Phineas W. Leland |
| Succeeded by | Levi Lincoln, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 7, 1799 Exeter, New Hampshire |
| Died | January 22, 1882 Marblehead, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Occupation | Sheriff Politician |
Frederick Robinson (August 7, 1799 – January 22, 1882) served as sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts, and as the President of the Massachusetts Senate.[1]
Political career
Robinson served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,[2]and he was a member and the President of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] In 1847 Robinson was an unsuccessful Democratic party candidate for the US House of Representatives.[2]
Notes
- ^ a b Graves & Steinbarger (1901), American Series of Popular Biographies, Massachusetts Edition Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts: Graves & Steinbarger, p. 455
- ^ a b Whittier, John Greenleaf (1975), The Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume I 1828-1845, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, p. 194