Frederick Robinson | |
Birth Date: | August 7, 1799 |
Birth Place: | Exeter, New Hampshire |
Death Date: | January 22, 1882 |
Occupation: | Shoemaker Lawyer Sheriff Politician |
Spouse: | Mary Hutton |
Party: | Democrat |
Term Start: | 1852 |
Term End: | 1854 |
Term Start2: | 1843 |
Term End2: | 1843 |
Term Start3: | 1843 |
Term End3: | 1843 |
Frederick Robinson (August 7, 1799 - January 22, 1882) served as sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts, and as the President of the Massachusetts Senate.
Robinson married Mary Hutton.
Early on in life Robinson was engaged in the trade of shoe making, he later became a self taught lawyer.
Robinson served as the Sheriff Essex County, Massachusetts, in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and he was a member, and the president of, the Massachusetts Senate.
While a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Robinson wrote and introduced the bill, An Act to Abolish Imprisonment for Debt that was enacted, and came into effect on July 4, 1834. Robinson was also instrumental in passing legislation that ended special pleadings in Massachusetts' Courts of Justice.
In 1847 Robinson was an unsuccessful Democratic party candidate for the US House of Representatives.
Robinson was the Warden of the Massachusetts State Prison.