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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkHoward Winfield ROBISON
(1915-1987)
ROBISON, Howard Winfield,
a Representative from New York; born in Owego, Tioga County, N.Y.,
October 30, 1915; attended the public schools of Owego, N.Y.;
graduated from Cornell University in 1937 and from the law school
of the same university in 1939; was admitted to the bar in 1939 and
commenced the practice of law in Owego, N.Y.; served in the United
States Army Counter Intelligence Corps 1942-1946; county attorney
of Tioga County from 1946 until elected to Congress; elected as a
Republican to the Eighty-fifth Congress, by special election,
January 14, 1958, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
W. Sterling Cole; reelected to the eight succeeding Congresses and
served from January 14, 1958, to January 3, 1975; was not a
candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress;
vice president for congressional relations, American Railroad
Association, 1975-1987; was a resident of Rehoboth Beach, Del.,
until his death there on September 26, 1987; interment in Evergreen
Cemetery, Owego, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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