Biography

09/17/1787 - 06/07/1855

ROBBINS, Samuel J., a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, September 17, 1787; unsuccessful campaign, common council, Philadelphia (1813, 1819, 1824); elected, common council, Philadelphia (1814, 1818, 1821-1823); unsuccessful campaign, elections inspector, Philadelphia (1816, 1825); elected, elections inspector, Philadelphia (1817, 1822); elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1820-1821 term; treasurer, Board of Health, Philadelphia (1824); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1831); president, Philadelphia Fireman’s Department (1837); appointed, alderman, Philadelphia (1845); died, June 7, 1855 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.