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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJohn Larne ROBINSON
(1813-1860)
ROBINSON, John Larne, a
Representative from Indiana; born near Maysville, Mason County,
Ky., May 3, 1813; attended the public schools; moved to Rush
County, Ind.; engaged in the mercantile business in Milroy, Ind.;
county clerk of Rush County, Ind., 1841-1845; elected as a Democrat
to the Thirtieth, Thirty-first, and Thirty-second Congresses (March
4, 1847-March 3, 1853); chairman, Committee on Roads and Canals
(Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses); appointed by President
Pierce as United States marshal for the southern district of
Indiana in 1853; reappointed by President Buchanan in 1858 and
served until his death; appointed brigade inspector of the fourth
military district of Indiana in 1854; trustee of Indiana University
at Bloomington 1856-1859; died at Rushville, Ind., March 21, 1860;
interment in East Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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