| 词条 | John S. Robinson (governor) |
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|name= John S. Robinson |image= John_S_Robinson.jpg |caption= |order1= 22nd |office1= Governor of Vermont |term_start1= October 27, 1853 |term_end1= October 13, 1854 |lieutenant1= Jefferson P. Kidder |predecessor1= Erastus Fairbanks |successor1=Stephen Royce |office2=Member of the Vermont House of Representatives |term2=1832–1833 |office3=Member of the Vermont State Senate |term3=1838–1839 |birth_date={{birth date|1804|11|10|mf=y}} |birth_place=Bennington, Vermont |death_date={{death date and age|1860|4|25|1804|11|4|mf=y}} |death_place= Charleston, South Carolina |spouse= Juliette Staniford Robinson |profession=lawyer |party= Democratic |footnotes= }}John Staniford Robinson (November 10, 1804 – April 25, 1860) was an American lawyer and politician. He is most notable for his service as the 22nd Governor of Vermont from 1853 to 1854.[1] BiographyRobinson was born in Bennington, Vermont, the son of Nathan Robinson and Jerusha Staniford.[2][3] Governor and United States Senator Moses Robinson was his grandfather,{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|pages=38–39}} and Senator Jonathan Robinson and Vermont House Speaker Samuel Robinson were his great-uncles.[4] He graduated in 1824 from Williams College, studied law and passed the bar in 1827.{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|pages=38–39}} In October, 1847 he married Mrs. Juliette Staniford Robinson, widow of William Robinson.{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|pages=38–39}} They had no children.{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|pages=38–39}} CareerRobinson opened his own law office in Bennington and continued to practice until his death.{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|pages=38–39}} He served in local offices including justice of the peace, and was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1832 to 1833 and the Vermont Senate from 1838 to 1839.{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|pages=38–39}} Robinson's political aspirations were somewhat thwarted by the fracturing of the Democratic Party over slavery;{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|pages=38–39}} in 1851, he was the unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate of the anti-slavery Democrats who organized themselves as the Free Soil and Liberty Parties.{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|pages=38–39}} In 1852, he was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee.{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|pages=38–39}} He placed second in the 1853 election, but no candidate received a majority.{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|pages=38–39}} In such cases, the Vermont General Assembly chooses a winner; after several unsuccessful ballots during the month of October, the legislature chose Robinson over the first-place finisher, Whig candidate Erastus Fairbanks, after a number of Liberty Party legislators who had supported Lawrence Brainerd switched their support to Robinson.{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|pages=38–39}} Serving from 1853 to 1854, he was the first Democratic Governor of Vermont and remained the only Democrat elected to the governorship for 110 years.[5] The Republican winning streak ended when Democrat Philip H. Hoff won the governorship in 1962.{{sfn|"John S. Robinson, List of Governors"}} DeathIn 1860, while Robinson was serving as chairman of the Vermont delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Charleston, South Carolina, he died from apoplexy (a stroke).{{sfn|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography|pages=38–39}} He is interred at Old Bennington Cemetery in Bennington, Vermont.[6] References1. ^{{cite web|title=John S. Robinson|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_vermont/col2-content/main-content-list/title_robinson_john.html|publisher=National Governors Association|accessdate=9 November 2012}} 2. ^{{cite book |last=Dodge |first=Prentiss Cutler |date=1912 |title=Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tt2_3hTQxFMC&pg=PA38 |location=Burlington, VT |publisher=Ullery Publishing Company |pages=38–39 |ref={{sfnRef|Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography}}}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://bennington.pastperfectonline.com/byperson?keyword=Robinson%2C+John+Staniford |title=Person Record, John S. Robinson |website=bennington.pastperfectonline.com/ |publisher=Bennington Museum |location=Bennington, VT |access-date=July 31, 2017 |ref={{sfnRef|"Person Record, John S. Robinson"}}}} 4. ^{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Jane Bancroft |date=1903 |title=A Historical Sketch of the Robinson Family of the Line of Ebenezer Robinson |url=https://archive.org/stream/historicalsketch00lcbanc#page/28/ |location=Detroit, MI |publisher=Speaker Printing Company |pages=28–30}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=John S. Robinson|url=http://vermontgenealogy.wordpress.com/2006/12/23/list-of-governors-of-vermont/|publisher=List of Governors, Vermont History & Genealogy|accessdate=November 9, 2012 |ref={{sfnRef|"John S. Robinson, List of Governors"}}}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=John S. Robinson|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson5.html#137.63.65|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=9 November 2012}} External links{{Portal|Biography}}
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