George M. Robinson was an American from

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, Wisconsin, who served a single one-year term in 1850 as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from southern

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, succeeding fellow Free Soiler

Herman Thorp Herman S. Thorp (first name also Hermon, last name also Thorpe; January 19, 1809 – February 7, 1892) was an American farmer from Bristol or Cypress, Wisconsin who served as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Racine ...

. In 1850, Kenosha County was created from the southern half of Racine County. Robinson's Assembly district, previously covering southwest Racine County, was now the western Assembly district of Kenosha County. At Kenosha county's first elections in April 1850, Robinson was elected the first County Treasurer.Trenary, Otis L. ''Souvenir, Kenosha County Court House: and bits of yesterday, foundations of today'' Kenosha: 1925; p. 55
/ref> He was ultimately succeeded in the Assembly by Obed Hale, another Free Soiler.

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Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly People from Racine County, Wisconsin Wisconsin Free Soilers 19th-century American legislators Year of birth missing Place of birth missing People from Salem Lakes, Wisconsin Year of death missing 19th-century Wisconsin politicians {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-stub