John Larne Robinson (May 3, 1813 – March 21, 1860) was an American politician who served three terms as a

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from

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from 1847 to 1853.

Biography

Born near

Maysville, Kentucky Maysville is a home rule-class city in Mason County, Kentucky, United States and is the seat of Mason County. The population was 8,782 as of 2019, making it the 51st-largest city in Kentucky by population. Maysville is on the Ohio River, north ...

, Robinson attended the public schools. He moved to

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, where he engaged in the mercantile business in Milroy, Indiana. He served as county clerk of Rush County from 1841 to 1845.

Congress

Robinson was elected as a

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to the Thirtieth, Thirty-first, and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853). He served as chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals (Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses).

Later career and death

He was appointed by President Franklin Pierce as United States marshal for the southern district of Indiana in 1853. He was reappointed to this post by President James Buchanan in 1858 and served until his death. He was appointed brigade inspector of the fourth military district of Indiana in 1854. Robinson served as a trustee of

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at Bloomington from 1856 to 1859. He died at

Rushville, Indiana Rushville is a city in Rushville Township, Rush County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 6,341 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Rush County. It, like the county, was named in honor of Dr. Benjamin Rush, who signe ...

, March 21, 1860 and was interred in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, John Larne 1813 births 1860 deaths People from Mason County, Kentucky United States Marshals Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana People from Rush County, Indiana 19th-century American legislators