David Fullerton Robison

David Fullerton Robison (born May 28, 1816 in Greencastle , Franklin County , Pennsylvania , †  June 24, 1859 in Chambersburg , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1855 and 1857 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Robison was the nephew of Congressman David Fullerton (1772-1843). He attended the public schools in his home country and then taught himself for some time as a teacher. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1843, he began to work in this profession in Chambersburg. In the congressional election of 1854 he was elected as a candidate for the short-lived Opposition Party in the 17th  constituency of Pennsylvania to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Samuel Lyon Russell on March 4, 1855 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1856, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1857 . This was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, David Robison practiced as a lawyer again. He died on June 24, 1859 in Chambersburg. He believed he contracted his fatal illness from food poisoning at the National Hotel in Washington. At the end of February 1857 he had attended a dinner there in honor of President-elect James Buchanan . Many of the participants then fell ill. Buchanan was also affected. This almost prevented him from attending his inauguration on March 4, 1857. Among others, John A. Quitman , a Mississippi congressman , died of the poisoning. Robison, too, probably succumbed to their late effects.

Web links

• David Fullerton Robison in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David Fullerton Robison in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Samuel Lyon Russell	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (17th constituency) March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857	Wilson Reilly