Frederick Robinson (Massachusetts politician)

Frederick Robinson
Frederick Robinson
Sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts
	In office; 1852–1854
Preceded by	Joseph E. Sprague
Succeeded by	Thomas E. Payson
President of the Massachusetts Senate
	In office; 1843–1843
Preceded by	Phineas W. Leland
Succeeded by	Josiah Quincy Jr.
Member of; the Massachusetts Senate
	In office; 1843–1843
Preceded by	Phineas W. Leland
Succeeded by	Levi Lincoln Jr.
Personal details
Born	August 7, 1799; Exeter, New Hampshire
Died	January 22, 1882; Marblehead, Massachusetts
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Mary Hutton[1]
Occupation	Shoemaker[1]; Lawyer[1]; Sheriff; Politician[1]

Frederick Robinson (August 7, 1799 – January 22, 1882) served as sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts,[2] and as the President of the Massachusetts Senate.[1][2]

Family life

Robinson married Mary Hutton.[1]

Business career

Early on in life Robinson was engaged in the trade of shoe making,[1] he later became a self taught lawyer.[1]

Political career

Robinson served as the Sheriff Essex County, Massachusetts, in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,[3] and he was a member, and the president of, the Massachusetts Senate.[2]

Legislative accomplishments

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.[1] Robinson was also instrumental in passing legislation that ended special pleadings in Massachusetts' Courts of Justice.[1]

Campaign for Governor

In 1847 Robinson was an unsuccessful Democratic party candidate for the US House of Representatives.[3]

Other government service

Robinson was the Warden of the Massachusetts State Prison.[1]

Notes

Loring, James Spear Loring (1852), The Hundred Boston Orators Appointed by the Municipal Authorities and Other Public Bodies, from 1770 to 1852: Comprising Historical Gleanings, Illustrating the Principles and Progress of Our Republican Institutions, Boston, Massachusetts: John P. Jewett & Company, p. 524
Graves & Steinbarger (1901), American Series of Popular Biographies, Massachusetts Edition Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts: Graves & Steinbarger, p. 455
Whittier, John Greenleaf (1975), The Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume I 1828-1845, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, p. 194

Political offices
Preceded by Phineas W. Leland	President of the Massachusetts Senate 1843	Succeeded by Josiah Quincy Jr.
Preceded by Joseph E. Sprague	Sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts 1852–1854	Succeeded by Thomas E. Payson

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[OneHundredOratMass1852Pg524-1] Loring, James Spear Loring (1852), The Hundred Boston Orators Appointed by the Municipal Authorities and Other Public Bodies, from 1770 to 1852: Comprising Historical Gleanings, Illustrating the Principles and Progress of Our Republican Institutions, Boston, Massachusetts: John P. Jewett & Company, p. 524

[PopBioMass,1901Pg455-2] Graves & Steinbarger (1901), American Series of Popular Biographies, Massachusetts Edition Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts: Graves & Steinbarger, p. 455

[LetofJGWvol1Pg194-3] Whittier, John Greenleaf (1975), The Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume I 1828-1845, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, p. 194