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Senate Years of Service: 1791-1795; 1795-1796 Party: Anti-Administration; Republican
ROBINSON, Moses, (brother of Jonathan Robinson),
a Senator from Vermont; born in Hardwick, Mass., on March 22, 1741; pursued
classical studies; moved to Bennington, Vt., in 1761; town clerk of Bennington 1762-1781; studied
law and practiced; member of the Vermont council of safety; colonel of militia during the
Revolutionary War; served on the Governors council 1778-1785; chief justice of Vermont
1778-1789, save one year; sent to the Continental Congress as State agent to adjust the controversy
with New York in 1782; Governor of Vermont 1789-1790; upon the admission of Vermont as a
State into the Union was elected to the United States Senate and served from October 17, 1791, to
October 15, 1796, when he resigned; member, State house of representatives 1802; resumed the
practice of his profession at Bennington, Vt., where he died on May 26, 1813; interment in the Old
Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.
BibliographyDictionary of American Biography;
Wood, Richard G. Moses RobinsonTown Clerk. American Archivist 25 (April
1962): 189-91.
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