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.
Robbins was born in Mount Holly, New Jersey in 1853, the son of Barzillai W. and Anna (Wilson) Robbins. He was educated at Fort Edward Institute in Fort Edward, New York and at Andalusia College in Andalusia, Pennsylvania. He entered Princeton College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1874. After reading law, was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1880. Later that year he opened law offices in Moorestown and Camden.[1]
On October 4, 1882, he married Edith E. Shreve of Pemberton. They had two children.[1]
In 1897, Robbins was elected to the Board of Education of Chester Township (now Mape Shade Township) in Burlington County, serving until 1903. 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.[1]
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.[1]
Robbins served as Clerk of the Court of Chancery until 1914. In 1926 he died at his home in Moorestown from a heart attack at the age of 73.[2]
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| 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 |
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