Samuel K. Robbins

Samuel Kirkbride Robbins

Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office 1906–1906
Preceded by	John Boyd Avis
Succeeded by	Edgar E. Lethbridge
Personal details
Born	May 9, 1853 Mount Holly Township, New Jersey
Died	December 26, 1926 Moorestown Township, New Jersey
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Edith E. Shreve
Children	Agnes Murrell Robbins Edith Coate Robbins
Residence	Moorestown
Alma mater	Princeton University
Profession	Attorney

Samuel Kirkbride Robbins (May 9, 1853 – December 26, 1926) was a Republican Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and President of the New Jersey Senate.^[1]

Biography

Robbins was born in Mount Holly Township, New Jersey, in 1853, the son of Barzillai W. Robbins and Anne Wilson, his wife.^[1] He was educated at Fort Edward Institute in Fort Edward, New York and at Andalusia College in Andalusia, Pennsylvania.^[1] He entered Princeton College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1874 and a Master of Arts degree in 1877.^[1] After reading law, was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1880. Later that year he opened law offices in Moorestown, and Camden.^[2]

On October 4, 1882, he married Edith E. Shreve of Pemberton.^[1] They had two daughters: Agnes Murrell Robbins and Edith Coate Robbins.^[1]

In 1897, Robbins was elected to the Board of Education of Chester Township (now Moorestown Township) in Burlington County, serving until 1903.^[1] He served on the Burlington County Board of Election from 1900 to 1903. He was elected to the New Jersey General Assembly as a Republican in 1903, serving until 1906. He was chosen as Speaker of the Assembly in 1906.^[2]

In 1906 he was elected to the New Jersey Senate, serving until 1909. He was selected Senate President in 1909. On the last day of the 1909 legislative session he was appointed by Governor John Franklin Fort to be Clerk of the Court of Chancery (an office now known as Clerk of the Superior Court), following the resignation of Vivian M. Lewis. He resigned from the Senate and his nomination was confirmed.^[2]

Robbins served as Clerk of the Court of Chancery until 1914. On December 6, 1926, he died from a heart attack at the age of 73 at his home in Moorestown Township, and was to be buried at his birthplace in Mount Holly Township.^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lipponcott, William D. and V. Claude Palmer (April 26, 1927). "Minute as to the death of Samuel Kirkbride Robbins". Burlington County Clerk's Office, Mount Holly, New Jersey. Book 8, Folio 268.
1 2 3 Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens and State Guide 2. J. J. Scannell. 1919. p. 385. ISBN 978-0-7884-0742-0.
↑ "Samuel K. Robbins". The New York Times. 1926-12-28. p. 19. Retrieved 2009-07-19.

External links

Samuel K. Robbins at The Political Graveyard
"Minute as to the death of Samuel Kirkbride Robbins" by William D. Lipponcott and V. Claude Palmer

Political offices
Preceded by John Boyd Avis	Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly 1906	Succeeded by Edgar E. Lethbridge
Preceded by Thomas J. Hillery	President of the New Jersey Senate 1909	Succeeded by Joseph S. Frelinghuysen

Speakers of the New Jersey General Assembly

Gardiner Fretwell Jennings T. Gordon Kay D. Coxe Kinsey Johnstone Trent Johnstone Kinsey, Jr. Bonnel A. Johnston Nevill Lawrence Nevill Charles Read Lawrence Nevill Ogden Skinner Crane Skinner Hart Camp Hornblower Meheim Harris Hendrickson Van Cleve Harris Van Cleve Beatty Dayton E. Elmer S. Condict E. Elmer Imlay S. Condict W. Coxe Dickerson W. Coxe P. Gordon Cox L. Condict Kennedy Pearson Bateman Pennington Clark E. Elmer D. Thompson L. Elmer D. Johnston Drake Ewing Wurts J. Jackson Ryall T. Haight L. Condict Stites Emley Halsey J. Taylor Van Wagenen Howell J. Evans Whelpley Nixon Phillips Huyler Fennimore Parry Demarest Dutcher Holsman Salter Patterson Teese C. Haight Crowell J.N. Taylor Crowell Hill Curtis A. Evans Abbett Condit Niles Fisher G. Hobart Vanderbilt Caracallen Rabe Egan S. Jackson Oviatt Van Duyne Dunn O'Connor Stoney Armstrong Baird Dickinson Hudspeth Heppenheimer Bergen Flynn Holt Cross DeRousse MacPherson Watkins B. Jones Bradley Horner Avis Robbins Lethbridge Jess Prince Ward Kenny McCran L.R. Taylor Beekman Godfrey Pilgrim Schoen Wolverton Pierson Glover G.S. Hobart Rowland W. Evans Eaton Powell Chandless Siracusa Hanson Gabrielson Knight Wise Greenberg Otto Pascoe Altman Clee Newcomb Walker De Voe Pascoe McClave Boswell Amlicke Cavicchia Hess W. Jones Leonard Brescher Mehorter Miller Fraser M. Thompson Cavinato Simmill Thomas Salsburg Mosch Mills Hyland Kurtz Brady D'Aloia Davis Matthews Beadleston Higgins Brady Hauser Halpin Smith Moraites Dickey Parker Kean Woodson LeFante Hamilton Jackman Karcher Hardwick Doria Haytaian Collins Sires Roberts Oliver Prieto

Presidents of the New Jersey Senate

Smallwood March Canfield Manners Alexander Speer Herring Gifford Perry Crowell Reckless Robbins Scudder Scovel Buckley Little Robbins Bettle Taylor Sewell Abbett Ludlow Sewell Hobart Gardner Vail Schenck Griggs Fish Large Werts Nevius Adrain Rogers Stokes Thompson Williams Voorhees Skirm Reed Johnson Pitney Francis Hutchinson Wakelee Cross Bradley Minch Hillery Robbins Frelinghuysen Ackerman Prince Fielder Johnson Slocum Edge Read Gaunt McCran Runyon Case Allen Mackay Wallworth Reeves Bright Larson Davis Stevens Mathis Pierson Wolber A. Reeves Richards Powell Prall Barbour Durand Loizeaux Hendrickson Foran Scott Stanger Farley Proctor Barton Summerill Van Alstyne Bodine Littell Hannold Young Mathis Wallace Dumont McCay Stout Lance Harper Hillery Crane Farley Ozzard Sandman Lynch Sr. Ridolfi Forsythe McDermott Bateman Beadleston Dodd Feldman Merlino Orechio Russo Lynch Jr. DiFrancesco Bennett Codey Kenny Codey Sweeney

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