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American lawyer
Asher Robbins
(also known as
Ashur Robbins
; October 26, 1761 – February 25, 1845) was a
United States senator
from
Rhode Island
.
Early life
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Born in
Wethersfield, Connecticut
on October 26, 1761, he graduated from
Yale College
in 1782, was a tutor at Rhode Island College (now
Brown University
) from 1782 to 1790, studied law, was admitted to the
bar
in 1792 and began practice in
Providence, Rhode Island
.
Politics
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He moved to
Newport
in 1795, was appointed
United States district attorney
in 1812, and was a member of the
Rhode Island Assembly
from 1818 to 1825.
Robbins was elected as
Adams
(later
Anti-Jacksonian
and then
Whig
) to the U.S. Senate in 1825 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
James De Wolf
; he was reelected in 1827 and 1833 and served from October 31, 1825, to March 3, 1839. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills (Twenty-second Congress).
Later life
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After his time in the Senate, Robbins was again a member of the State assembly (1840?1841) and was
postmaster
of Newport from 1841 until his death in that city in 1845; interment was in the
Common Burial Ground
. His daughter was the poet
Sophia Louise Little
.
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