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Robinson, Jonathan, 1756-1819

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Personal name headingRobinson, Jonathan, 1756-1819
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Variant(s)Robinson, Mr. (Jonathan), 1756-1819
Birth date1756-08-11
Death date1819-11-03
Place of birthHardwick (Mass.)
Place of deathBennington (Vt.)
AffiliationRepublican Party (U.S. : 1792-1828)
Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives
United States. Congress. Senate
Profession or occupationLegislators Lawyers Judges
Found inA bill for the relief of Thomas Hall Storm, 1813: t.p. (Mr. Robinson)
OCLC, Mar. 12, 2004 (hdg.: Robinson, Jonathan, 1756-1819; variant: Mr. Robinson)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, online, Mar. 12, 2004 (Robinson, Jonathan; b. Aug. 11, 1756, Hardwick, Mass.; d. Nov. 3, 1819, Bennington, Vt.; U.S. Senator (R-Vt.), 1807-1815; judge)
Bio. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, July 11, 2016 (Robinson, Jonathan, (brother of Moses Robinson), a Senator from Vermont; born in Hardwick, Mass., August 11, 1756; received a limited schooling; moved to Bennington, Vt., in 1761; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1796 and commenced practice in Bennington, Vt.; town clerk 1795-1801; member, State house of representatives 1789-1802; judge of the Vermont probate court 1795-1798; chief justice of the supreme court of Vermont 1801-1807; elected in 1807 as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Israel Smith; reelected in 1809 and served from October 10, 1807, to March 3, 1815; was not a candidate for reelection in 1814; again judge of the probate court 1815-1819; member, State house of representatives in 1818; died in Bennington, Vt., on November 3, 1819; interment in the Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.)
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