Moses Robinson

Moses Robinson (born March 22, 1741 in Hardwick , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † May 26, 1813 in Bennington , Vermont ) was a prominent lawyer and politician from Vermont. In his political career he was governor of the Republic of Vermont and helped with Vermont to join the union as a separate state . He also served as a US Senator from Vermont from 1791 to 1796 .

Moses Robinson

Life

Robinson was born in Hardwick, Massachusetts, where he spent his childhood. As a young man he pursued classical subjects. In 1761 he moved with his family to Bennington, Vermont, where he soon became an important city citizen. From 1762 to 1781 he served (as town clerk English. Town clerk ). Meanwhile, he studied law , became active in the American independence movement, and then served as a colonel in the Vermont militia during the early part of the Revolutionary War . In 1778, when Vermont became an independent republic , Robinson became a member of the Governing Council and Chief Justice onVermont Supreme Court . Four years later he was sent to the Continental Congress as a state middleman to resolve a border conflict with New York . He served on the government council until 1785 and as Chief Justice until 1789 when he became governor of Vermont, replacing Thomas Chittenden . Robinson held this position until 1790, shortly before Vermont was recognized as a state and accepted into the United States .

He was then elected to the US Senate by the Vermont General Assembly , where he served a term from 1791 to 1797. He was associated with the anti-administration camp and, in his later term in office, with the newly founded Democratic Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson . After retiring from the Senate, Robinson moved back to Bennington, where he returned to practice as a lawyer. He was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives , where he served in 1802. He died in Bennington in 1813 and was then buried in Old Bennington Cemetery .

He was also the older brother of Jonathan Robinson , the future US Senator from Vermont.

literature

• Ira Allen : The natural and political history of the State of Vermont, one of the United States of America. Printed by JW Myers, London 1798.
• William Doyle: The Vermont Political Tradition. And Those Who Helped Make It. Revised edition. W. Doyle, Montpelier VT 1987.
• John Duffy, Vincent Feeney: Vermont. An Illustrated History. American Historical Press, Sun Valley CA 2000, ISBN 1-892724-08-1 .
• Michael Sherman, Gene Sessions, P. Jeffrey Potash: Freedom and Unity: A History of Vermont. Vermont Historical Society, Barre VT 2004, ISBN 0-934720-49-5 .
• Frederic F. Van de Water: The Reluctant Republic. Vermont 1724-1791. The John Day Company, New York NY 1941, (Reprint. Countryman Press, Taftsville VT 1974, ISBN 0-914378-02-3 ).

Web links

• Moses Robinson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Moses Robinson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Moses Robinson in the database of the National Governors Association (English)
• The Political Graveyard (English)