LC control no. | n 2006166565 |
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Personal name heading | Robinson, Edward, 1796-1857 |
Found in | NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for His Papers, 1826-1856 (Edward Robinson, of Thomaston, Me.; merchant, banker, shipbuilder, and congressman; 1796-1857) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress WWW, Dec. 5, 2006 (Robinson, Edward; Representative from Maine; born in Cushing, Me., Nov. 25, 1796; self-educated while engaged in seafaring; engaged in mercantile pursuits at Thomaston, Me., in 1837; member of the state senate in 1836 and 1837; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jonathan Cilley and served from Apr. 28, 1838, to Mar. 3, 1839; engaged in mercantile pursuits, banking, and shipbuilding until his death in Thomaston, Knox County, Me., Feb. 19, 1857) |