- Peter Robinson (speaker)
Peter Robinson (ca. 1792 Pembroke,
Merrimack County, New Hampshire -October 9 ,1841 Binghamton,Broome County, New York ) was an American lawyer and politician.Life
He graduated from
Dartmouth College , inHanover, New Hampshire . In 1815, he moved toBinghamton, New York . Here he studied law under Gen. Thomas G. Waterman, and was admitted to the bar in 1819.He was a member from Broome County of the
New York State Assembly for six terms until 1831, and as a National Republican was Speaker in 1829. He has held the office ofSurrogate , and has been a magistrate for a length of time.ources
* [http://home.stny.rr.com/keepsakes/mom/chap15.html] Short Bio in the Annals of Binghamton
* [http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/ROBINSON/1998-05/0894408025] Obit Info at Rootsweb
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson7.html] Political Graveyard
* [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9F06E7D91738E23ABC4850DFB4678382669FDE&oref=slogin] Reminiscences of George W. Bull in NYT, December 30, 1879
* [http://www.geocities.com/marcri2/settlers1.html] Settlers Info at Geocities
*John Stilwell Jenkins: "History of Political Parties in the State of New-York" (Alden & Markham, Auburn Ny, 1846)
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