John Seaton Robinson

John Seaton Robinson (1856–1903) was a Nebraska Democratic politician.

Born in Wheeling, Virginia (later West Virginia) on May 4, 1856, he studied law and was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of West Virginia in 1880. He moved to Madison, Nebraska in 1884 becoming the prosecuting attorney for Madison County, Nebraska from 1886 to 1888 and again from 1890 to 1892. He was a judge of the Nebraska's ninth judicial district from 1893 to 1895. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1903) unsuccessfully running for reelection in 1902. He died in Madison on May 25, 1903 and is buried in Crownhill Cemetery in Madison.

References

"The Political Graveyard". Robinson, John Seaton. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson5.html#R9M0JB46O. Retrieved January 22, 2006.
"Congressional Bioguide". Robinson, John Seaton. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000345. Retrieved January 22, 2006.

This article incorporates facts obtained from The Political Graveyard.

John Seaton Robinson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Samuel Maxwell (P)	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 3rd congressional district March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	Succeeded by John McCarthy (Nebraska) (R)

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Name	Robinson, John Seaton
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1856
Place of birth
Date of death	1903
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