David Robison | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 17th district | |
| In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel L. Russell |
| Succeeded by | Wilson Reilly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Fullerton Robison May 28, 1816 Antrim Township, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | June 24, 1859 (aged 43) Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Opposition |
| Relatives | David 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.
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.
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.[citation needed] The illness was known as National Hotel disease. He was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Greencastle.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
