Orville Robinson was an American lawyer and politician who served as United States Representative from New York

New York

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Life

He studied law, was admitted to the bar

Admission to the bar in the United States

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 in 1827, and commenced practice in Mexico, New York

Mexico, New York

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He was Justice of the Peace

Justice of the Peace

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 of Mexico, NY, in 1828, Town Clerk in 1829, and surrogate

New York Surrogate's Court

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 of Oswego County from 1830 to 1838.

He was as member from Oswego County of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

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 in 1834, 1836, 1837 and 1856, and served as Speaker

Speaker of the New York State Assembly

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 in the latter year.

He was District Attorney of Oswego County from 1841 to 1843, and a supervisor of Mexico, NY in 1843.

Robinson was elected as a Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

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 to the Twenty-eighth Congress

28th United States Congress

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, and served from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1845.

He moved to Oswego, New York

Oswego, New York

Oswego is a city in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 18,142 at the 2010 census. Oswego is located on Lake Ontario in north-central New York and promotes itself as "The Port City of Central New York"...

, in 1847, and was Recorder of Oswego in 1853. He served as Collector of Customs for the District of Oswego from 1858 to 1860.

He was buried at the Riverside Cemetery

Riverside Cemetery (Oswego, New York)

Riverside Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery and national historic district located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It was established in 1855 and designed by landscape srchitect Burton Arnold Thomas . Within the boundaries of this contributing site are six contributing buildings, 12...

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