Robbins, Calvin Hubbard "C.H."
House 1876 (District 3)
Party when first elected: Not Available
Counties Served:
Fillmore
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
12/20/1840
Birth Place:
Norfolk, New York
Birth County:
St. Lawrence
Birth Country:
United States
Date of Death:
2/28/1900
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Methodist
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
C.H.
City of Residence (when first elected):
Wykoff
Occupation (when first elected):
Physician
EDUCATION
Medical College, Keokuk, Iowa; Medical Degree; He also studied medicine in Chatfield, Minnesota and Ann Arbor, Michigan
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Rosalia Elvira Mosher (married on November 11, 1866)
Children:
Five children: Hortense R., Marcus Phillip, Frances E., Gertrude, and Calvin Eaton
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
He came to Minnesota in 1859.
He was the first doctor in Fillmore County. (Minnesota Medicine, March 1946-March 1948)
He was an amateur geologist and several fossils (a gastropod and a trilobite) were named in his honor by the Official Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota in the 1890s.
He was a member of several fraternal organizations including the Masons, Oddfellows, and Elks.
He died in Austin, Minnesota.
Religion, family information, birth place, exact birth and death dates, death place, and several biographical details were provided by a relative.
Elected: 11/2/1875
Residence: Wykoff
Term of Office: 1/4/1876 to 1/1/1877
Counties Represented:
Fillmore
Occupation: Physician
Party:
Not Available
Committees:
-
Education
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Hospital for the Insane
No other information has been entered for this legislator.
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