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William H. Robertson was born on October 10, 1823 at Bedford, Westchester County, New York, United States.
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William H. Robertson was born on October 10, 1823 at Bedford, Westchester County, New York, United States.
He was educated in the district schools and the academy of his native town.
At the age of seventeen he began his political career by making speeches for Harrison and Tyler in the campaign of 1840. His first public office was superintendent of schools of Bedford, followed by four terms as a supervisor of Westchester County. He spent his leisure in studying law and was admitted to the bar in 1847. His practice, though continued throughout the remainder of his life, was constantly interrupted by office-holding and by party activities. After two terms in the New York Assembly and a term in the Senate, he served as county judge of Westchester County, 1855-67. In addition to his duties on the bench he was county draft commissioner during the Civil War, county leader of the Republican party organization, and a frequent participant in political conventions, national, state, and local. He was sometimes credited with having made possible Andrew Johnson's nomination to the vice-presidency in 1864. In 1866 he was elected to Congress but after a single term he declined a renomination. In 1871 he was again elected to the state Senate and by reflection served continuously for ten years. In 1872 it was generally thought that Robertson would receive the Republican nomination for governor, but at the last minute the convention was stampeded into choosing another candidate. Robertson believed that Senator Conkling, the state Republican leader, was responsible for his disappointment, and his attitude toward the state organization, always rather independent, changed into open hostility. In 1876 and in 1879 he was a candidate for the gubernatorial nomination against men whom Conkling was known to favor. In 1880 he opposed the efforts of Conkling and other "Stalwarts" to obtain a third nomination for Grant and organized a strong minority group of delegates who announced that they would not obey the instructions of the state convention. The "Stalwarts" then planned to introduce the unit rule into the national convention and thus force the whole delegation to vote for Grant. But Robertson's group, reinforced by independent delegates from other states, prevented the adoption of the rule. After a prolonged deadlock Garfield was nominated. The new president in recognition of Robertson's part in making his nomination possible considered inviting him into his cabinet, but instead sent his nomination to the Senate for the collectorship of the port of New York. The nomination provoked the most noteworthy of all the controversies over the right of senators to dictate appointment from their states. Conkling and Platt, the senators from New York, did everything in their power to prevent its confirmation. When it became evident that a majority of the Senate would uphold the President, both resigned and sought reflection as a vote of confidence from the legislature of New York. Robertson led the opposition to their candidacies and both were defeated. After the expiration of his term as collector in 1885 Robertson again returned to the state Senate in 1887. His last active participation in politics was in the state Republican convention of 1896.
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Robertson believed that Senator Conkling, the state Republican leader, was responsible for his disappointment, and his attitude toward the state organization, always rather independent, changed into open hostility.
Whig member of the New York State Assembly
Member of the State Senate
He died at Katonah, New York, survived by his wife, Mary (Ballard) Robertson, whom he had married in 1865.