Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-10-17
The Goveraors Of vermont-s.
NOSES ROBINSON:

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Samuel Robinson, who came from Hard.
wick, Massachusetts, to Bennington, in
1851, and Immediately took prominent
part in the affairs OF that town and Of
the State. He was sent, by the settlers
under the New Hampshire Charters, in
the fall OF 1866, to England to present
their grievances to the King and had so
far succeeded in his mission aslto obtain
an order in Council commanding that the
Governor OF New York "do not, upon
pain OF His Msjesty's highest displeasure,
presume to make any grant whatsoever |
OF any part OF the lands" in disputes
when he slckened OF the small pox and
died at London, 9th October, 1867, in
the esd year OF his age.
Governor Robinson was born at Hard
wick, Mass, March Goth, l741, and
probably,came to Bennington with his
father, as we find that he was elected
town clerk Of Bennington at its first
organization in March 176l, being then
barely p years Of age, to which Office
he was annually reelected for nineteen
successive years. He was appointed to
the command OF Regiment Of Militia
in l777, and was present with his regi-
ment at Mt. Independence at the evac-
uation of "Fort I'll" in July Of that
year, and during the same year was APP
| pointed 8 member of the " Council Of
Safety" In October 1778, he was elected
one of the twelve Councillors Of the
State and was continued in that position
until 1885 when he was succeeded by
Ebenezer Walbridge, also OF Bennington.
At the organization of the Supreme
Court OF Vermont in October, 177S, he
was elected Chief Justice and was re-
elected in 1879 and 1880. In 1871
Colonel Elisha Payne (who resided in
one Of the towns east OF the Connecticut
River, in New Hampshire, which for
a short time was annexed to Vermont)
was elected Chief Justice and Judge
Robinson was elected 1st Asst Justice,
but in 1882 he was again elected Chief
Justice, which Office he continued to
hold till 1889.
This year, Q789l the people having
failed to make choice of Governor,
that duty devolved on the Legislature
and was discharged by the election of
Moses Robinson. He was governor but
q single year, Governor Chittenden being
in 1890 again elected by the people.
Governor Robinson was a prominent
member OF the Dorset Convention and
also of the Westminster Convention, In
1882, he, together with Jonas Fay, Paul
Spooner and Isaac Tichenor, were aP-
pointed "Plenipotentiaries, invested with
full power to agree on terms upon which
this State shall come into an union with
the United States Of North America
This committee failed "tO agree on terms
and Vermont continued IAN independent
State" till 1891 when she was admitted
into the Union and became one OF the
United States, Governor Robinson being
Vice President Of the Convention, which,
on the part OF Vermont, ratified the Con-
stitutiou of the United States,
In 1871, Immediately after the admis-
sion, be was elected one OF the United
States Senators from Vermont. In 1898
8 short time before the expiration OF the
term for which he was elected, being q
: strong Jeffersonian, and the State being
decidedly Federal in its politics, he re-
! signed his seat and was succeeded BY
Isaac Tichenor, also Of Bennington. II
q 1902 he representative town OF Benning
I ton in the Legislature of Vermont, anc
r at the close OF that session, after nearly
forty years of continuous public service
retired to private life.
In 1889 Dartmouth College conferret
u upon him the honorary degree Of Maste
+ Of Arts.
Governor Robinson died at Bennington
: the 26th of May 1918, in the 73d year @
q | his 4op