Biography

09/27/1859 - 01/25/1919

Edward Everett Robbins (R39) Westmoreland County 1889-1892

Early Life:

Edward Everett Robbins, born September 27, 1860, Robbins Station, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; son of Joseph and Rachel G.R. Robbins; Elder's Ridge Academy; Indiana Normal School; Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, 1881; Columbia College, New York City, New York, LL.D, 1884; admitted, Westmoreland County bar, 1884; engaged in the practice of his profession, Greensburg, Pennsylvania; engaged, banking, coal-mining enterprises; chairman, Republican Westmoreland County committee, 1885; nominated, Westmoreland County, district attorney, 1886; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1889-1892; major, Pennsylvania National Guard, Volunteers, Spanish-American War, 1898; elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, 1897-1899; not a candidate for renomination, 1898; elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, 1917-1919, reelected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Sixty-sixth Congress, died in office before taking his seat; died, January 25, 1919, H1N1 Influenza (Spanish Flu), Somerset, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Nominated, Westmoreland County, district attorney, 1886.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 39th district, Westmoreland County, 1889-1892; committee assignments, Banks, Judiciary (Local), Mines and Mining, Public Buildings (Chairman), Vice and Immorality.

Elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Fifty-fifth Congress, 1897-1899; not a candidate for renomination, 1898.

Elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Sixty-fifth Congress, 1917-1919, reelected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, Sixty-sixth Congress, died in office before taking his seat, Somerset, Pennsylvania, before taking his seat; vacancy filled, John Haden Wilson.

Cited:

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1890) Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 697, 702-704, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 668.

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