Robinson, Lucius
lawyer, state legislator, governor, was born Nov. 4, 1810, in Windham, N. Y. He was district attorney of Greene county, N. Y., from 1837 to 1840. In the latter year he moved to New York city; and in 1843 was appointed commissioner in chancery. In 1859 he was elected a representative in the New York legislature; and was re-elected in 1860. In 1861 he was elected comptroller of the state; and was re-elected in 1863.
In 1871 he was a member of the state constitutional commission; in 1875 was again elected comptroller; and in 1876 was elected governor of New York. ROBINSON, MRS. MARTHA HARRI- SON, author, was born in Virginia. She is a writer of Philadelphia who has published a number of translations from the French, and Helen Erskine, an original novel.