John Robbins (congressman)

John Robbins (* 1808 in Bustleton, Pennsylvania, † April 27, 1880 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1849 and 1855, and again from 1875 to 1877, he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Robbins attended the common schools and then studied at the Academy Gunmere in Burlington (New Jersey). Since 1836 he worked in Philadelphia in the steel industry. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. He was a member and president of the county council from time to time of the now defunct District of Kensington near Philadelphia.

In the congressional elections of 1848, Robbins was in the fourth electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Charles Jared Ingersoll on March 4, 1849. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1855 three legislative periods. Since 1853 he represented there as a successor of Henry Dunning Moore the third district of his state. In 1854 he gave up another candidacy. His time as a congressman was determined by the tensions leading up to the Civil War and the question of slavery.

1862 Robbins competed unsuccessfully for the office of mayor of his hometown of Philadelphia. Otherwise, he became involved again in the steel industry; He also held a number of local offices. In the congressional elections of 1874 Robbins was once again elected as a Democrat in Congress, where he was a successor of Alfred C. Harmer took the fifth electoral district of his state between March 4, 1875, and March 3, 1877. In 1876, he did not run. For many years, Robbins was a member of the Education Committee of Philadelphia. At times, he served as its president. He was also president of the Kensington National Bank. John Robbins died on April 27, 1880 in Philadelphia, where he was also buried.