William Erigena Robinson

William Erigena Robinson

William Erigena Robinson (born May 6, 1814 in Unagh , Ireland , † January 23, 1892 in Brooklyn , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives between 1867 and 1869 and between 1881 and 1885 .

Career

William Erigena Robinson was born in Unagh, near Cookstown , at the end of the Napoleonic era . He attended Cookstown School and Belfast College in 1834 . Robinson immigrated to the United States and settled in New York City in November 1836 . He graduated from Yale College five years later and then attended Yale Law School for two years . He gave lectures to literary associations. In 1843 he worked as an assistant editor for the New York Tribune and its only Washington correspondent , who wrote under the name "Richelieu". However, he also worked for other newspapers in Washington. He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and then began practicing in New York City. President Lincoln made him a New York City Third District Tax Assessor in 1862 .

Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1866 Robinson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington DC in the second constituency of New York, where he succeeded Daniel O'Reilly on March 4, 1867 . He retired from the after March 3, 1869 Congress of. Then he worked as a lawyer again. In 1880 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the third electoral district of New York, where he succeeded John W. Hunter on March 4, 1881 . After a successful re-election in 1884 , he resigned from Congress on March 3, 1885.

Robinson died in Brooklyn on January 23, 1892 and was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery .

Web links

• William Erigena Robinson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Robinson Erigena in the database of Find a Grave (English)