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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsGeorge Dexter ROBINSON
(1834-1896)
ROBINSON, George Dexter, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Lexington, Mass.,
January 20, 1834; attended Lexington Academy and Hopkins Classical
School, Cambridge, Mass., and was graduated from Harvard University
in 1856; principal teacher at the Chicopee High School 1856-1865;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in Cambridge, Mass., in 1866
and commenced practice in Chicopee, Hampden County, Mass.; member
of the State house of representatives in 1874; served in the State
senate in 1876; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and to
the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1877, to
January 7, 1884, when he resigned, having been elected Governor;
Governor of Massachusetts 1884-1887; resumed the practice of his
profession in Springfield, Mass.; died in Chicopee, Mass., February
22, 1896; interment in Fairview Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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