John Seaton Robinson

U.S. Congressperson

1856 – 1903

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Who was John Seaton Robinson?

John Seaton Robinson was a Nebraska Democratic politician.

Born in Wheeling, Virginia on May 4, 1856, he studied law and was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of West Virginia in 1880. He moved to Madison, Nebraska in 1884 becoming the prosecuting attorney for Madison County, Nebraska from 1886 to 1888 and again from 1890 to 1892. He was a judge of the Nebraska's ninth judicial district from 1893 to 1895. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses unsuccessfully running for reelection in 1902. He died in Madison on May 25, 1903 and is buried in Crownhill Cemetery in Madison.

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Born
May 4, 1856
Wheeling
Also known as
  • Judge John Seaton Robinson
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Nebraska
Died
May 25, 1903
Madison

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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