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Asher Robbins

Personal data
Date of birthOctober 26, 1757
Place of birthWethersfield, Connecticut, USA
Date of deathFebruary 25, 1845
Place of deathNewport, Rhode Island, USA
Political partyNational Republican, Whig
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer
Assumed officeOctober 31, 1825 - March 3, 1839
Succeeded byNathan F. Dixon
Preceded byJames De Wolf

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Asher Robbins (October 26, 1757 - February 25, 1845) (also known as Ashur Robbins) was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1782, was a tutor in Rhode Island College (now Brown University) from 1782 to 1790, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1792 and began practice in Providence, Rhode Island. He moved to Newport in 1795, was appointed United States district attorney in 1812, and was a member of the Rhode Island Assembly from 1818 to 1825.

Robbins was elected as Adams (later Anti-Jacksonian and then Whig) to the U.S. Senate in 1825 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James De Wolf; he was reelected in 1827 and 1833 and served from October 31, 1825, to March 3, 1839. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills (Twenty-second Congress).

After his time in the Senate, Robbins was again a member of the State assembly (1840 - 1841) and was postmaster of Newport from 1841 until his death in that city in 1845; interment was in Burial Ground Common.


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United States Senate
Preceded by
James De Wolf		United States Senator from Rhode Island
Served alongside: Nehemiah R. Knight
October 31, 1825 - March 3, 1839		Succeeded by
Nathan F. Dixon
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Nathaniel Chipman		Oldest living U.S. Senator
February 13, 1843 - February 25, 1845		Succeeded by
William Plumer


United States Senators from Rhode Island

Class 1Foster * Potter * Howland * Malbone * Champlin * Hunter * De Wolf * Robbins * Dixon I * Sprague III * Francis * A. Greene * James * Simmons * Arnold * Sprague IV * Burnside * Aldrich * Lippitt * Gerry * Hebert * Gerry * McGrath * Leahy * Pastore * J. Chafee * L. Chafee * Whitehouse
Class 2Stanton * Bradford * R. Greene * Ellery * Fenner * Mathewson * Howell * Burrill * Knight * Simmons * Clarke * Allen * Anthony * Sheffield * Chace * Dixon III * Wetmore * Colt * Metcalf * Green * Pell * Reed



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