Lucius Robinson
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Lucius Robinson (November 4, 1810, Windham, Greene County, New York – May 23, 1886, Elmira, New York) was the governor of New York from 1877 to 1879.
Lucius Robinson was educated in Delhi and admitted to the bar in 1832. Robinson also served in the state assembly in 1860. He was the state comptroller from 1862 to 1865, and again in 1876. He was also a member of the state constitutional convention.
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Preceded by Robert Dennison |
New York State Comptroller 1862–1865 |
Succeeded by Thomas Hillhouse |
Preceded by Nelson K. Hopkins |
New York State Comptroller 1876 |
Succeeded by Frederic P. Olcott |
Preceded by Samuel J. Tilden |
Governor of New York 1877–1879 |
Succeeded by Alonzo B. Cornell |
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