Nathaniel S. Robinson

{{infobox officeholder

|name = N. S. Robinson

|state = Wisconsin

|state_assembly = Wisconsin

|district = Winnebago 2nd

| term_start = January 4, 1875

| term_end = January 3, 1876

| predecessor = William Pitt Peckham

| successor = Eric McArthur

|party = Republican

|birth_date = {{birth date|1827|3|27}}

|birth_place = Dover, Maine, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date|1908|11|5|1827|3|27}}

|death_place = Neenah, Wisconsin, U.S.

|restingplace =

|spouse = Sarah Greene (died 1915)

|children = {{unbulleted list

| Sarah (Mac Isaac)

| {{sup|(b. 1864; died 1952)}}

| Nathaniel S. Robinson Jr.

| {{sup|(b. 1867; died 1940)}}

| Mrs. H. H. Hurd

| {{sup|(died 1939)}}

}}

|education = {{unbulleted list

| Bowdoin College

| Harvard Medical School

}}

|profession = Physician

|allegiance = United States

|branch = United States Volunteers
Union Army

|rank = Surgeon

|serviceyears = 1865

|unit = 1st Reg. Wis. Vol. Cavalry

|battles = American Civil War

}}

Nathaniel Stillman Robinson, Sr., (March 27, 1827{{spaced ndash}}November 5, 1908) was an American physician and Republican politician. During the American Civil War, he served as a surgeon for the Union Army.

Biography

Born in Dover, Maine, Robinson graduated from Bowdoin College and earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1852.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90199591/obituary-for-n-s-robinson/ |title= Dr. N. S. Robinson |newspaper= The Neenah Times |date= November 5, 1908 |page= 4 |accessdate= December 7, 2021 |via= Newspapers.com }} In 1858, he moved to Neenah, Wisconsin, and practiced medicine there for most of the rest of his life. During the American Civil War, he was the assistant surgeon and then the surgeon of the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment. In 1875, Robison served as a Republican in the Wisconsin State Assembly.{{cite report|url= http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1875 |title= The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin |year= 1875 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |editor-last= Bashford |editor-first= R. M. |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1875/reference/wi.wibluebk1875.i0017.pdf |chapter= Official Directory |page= 338 |accessdate= December 7, 2021 }}

Robinson died at his home in Neenah on November 5, 1908, after a period of disability. He was survived by his wife and three children.

Electoral history

{{Election box begin | title=Wisconsin Assembly, Winnebago 2nd District Election, 1874}}

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 3, 1874

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Nathaniel S. Robinson

|votes = 1,390

|percentage = 60.20%

|change = +17.39%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Reform Party (19th-century Wisconsin)

|candidate = J. M. Merrill

|votes = 919

|percentage = 39.80%

|change =

}}

{{Election box plurality

|votes = 471

|percentage = 20.40%

|change = +6.02%

}}

{{Election box total

|votes = 2,309

|percentage = 100.0%

|change = +28.21%

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

|loser = Liberal Republican Party (United States)

}}

References

{{s-ttl|title = {{nobreak|Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly}} {{nobreak|from the Winnebago 2nd district}} |years=January 4, 1875{{spaced ndash}}January 3, 1876 }}

Category:1827 births

Category:Year of death unknown

Category:People from Dover-Foxcroft, Maine

Category:Politicians from Neenah, Wisconsin

Category:People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War

Category:Harvard Medical School alumni

Category:Physicians from Wisconsin

Category:Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Category:Physicians from Maine

Category:19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature