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Robertson, William H

lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Oct. 10, 1823, in Bedford, N. Y. In 1848 he was elected to the New York assembly, and re-elected in 1849. In 1854 he was elected to the state senate. In 1856 he was elected for four years judge of Westchester county; and was re-elected in 1859, and also in 1863, serving eleven years in all. In 1866 he was elected a representative from New York to the fortieth congress; and in 1875 he was elected to the senate of New York.