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ROBINSON, Lucius, governor of New York, born in Windham, Greene County, New York, 4 November, 1810. Ilk was educated at the academy in Delhi, New York, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1832. He became district attorney, and was appointed master of chancery in New York city in 1843 and reappointed in 1845. Leaving the Democratic party on the formation of the Republican organization, he was elected a member of the assembly in 1859 and comptroller of the state in 1861 and 1863. In 1865 he was nominated for the same office by the Democrats, but failed of election. In 1871-2 he was a member of the constitutional commission. In 1875 he was elected comptroller by the Democrats. He was chosen governor in 1876. In 1879 he was again nominated by the Democrats for the governorship, but was not elected. One of the entrances to the Niagara Falls park is named in his honor.
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