Reuben Robie

Reuben Robie
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 30th district
In office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Preceded byDavid Rumsey
Succeeded byBenjamin Pringle
Personal details
Born(1799-07-15)July 15, 1799
Corinth, Vermont, U.S.
DiedJanuary 21, 1872(1872-01-21) (aged 72)
Bath, New York, U.S.
Resting placeGrove Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
OccupationPolitician, businessman

Reuben Robie (July 15, 1799 – January 21, 1872) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1851 to 1853.

Biography

Born in Corinth, Vermont, Robie attended the common schools. At the age of twenty he moved to Bath, New York, and established a successful mercantile business. He later became active in other ventures, including the Buffalo, Corning and New York Railroad and the Steuben County Bank. Robie was also a founder of the Steuben County Agricultural Society.

He was active in the New York Militia, serving on the staff of the 56th Brigade in the 1830s.[1]

Political career

Robie was active in local government, serving as Town Clerk from 1825 to 1830, and Town Supervisor in 1831 and 1832. In 1837 he was appointed Postmaster, and served four years. From 1844 to 1847 Robie served as Steuben County Treasurer.

Congress

In 1850 Robie was elected to the United States House as a Democrat. and he served in the Thirty-second Congress, March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1852.

Later career and death

After leaving Congress Robie resumed his business interests. He died in Bath on January 21, 1872 and was interred in Grove Cemetery.

His home at Bath, known as the Reuben Robie House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[2]

In 2011 Robie was added to the Steuben County Hall of Fame.[3]

References

  1. ^ Reuben E. Robie, Reuben Robie and Nancy Whiting Robie, Their Ancestors and Descendants, 1892, page 11
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ Mary Perham, 4 selected for Steuben Hall of Fame, March 3, 2011
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 30th congressional district
1851–1853 		Succeeded by

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