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David Robison
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 17th district
In office
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Preceded bySamuel L. Russell
Succeeded byWilson Reilly
Personal details
BornDavid Fullerton Robison
(1816-05-28)May 28, 1816
Antrim Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJune 24, 1859(1859-06-24) (aged 43)
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyOpposition
RelativesDavid Fullerton (uncle)

David Fullerton Robison (May 28, 1816 – June 24, 1859) was an Opposition Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Early life

David F. Robison (nephew of David Fullerton) was born in Antrim Township, Pennsylvania, near Greencastle, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, taught school, studied law, was admitted to the Franklin County, Pennsylvania, bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Chambersburg.

United States House of Representatives

Robison was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination and continued to practice law in Chambersburg, where he died in 1859, from a disease contracted at a banquet at the National Hotel in Washington, D.C., during the inauguration of President James Buchanan. The illness was known as National Hotel disease. He was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Greencastle.

Sources

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded bySamuel L. Russell Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district
1855–1857 		Succeeded byWilson Reilly


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