Thomas Robins (politician)
Thomas Robins [1] | |
|---|---|
| 19th Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut | |
| In office 1923 – 1927[2][3] | |
| Preceded by | Calvin Barton |
| Succeeded by | Anson F. Keeler |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | Rubin (b 1891–died 1940)[4] |
| Residence | Norwalk, Connecticut |
Thomas Robins (1863-1941) (also "Thomas Robbins") was a two-term Republican mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut.[5] He had previously served on the Board of Electrical Commissioners.[6] and on the Norwalk Common Council.[7]
Robbins was born in England and emigrated to the United States as a young man.[8] He became a prosperous masonry contractor.[8]
In 1892 Robbins was Treasurer of the city committee that built the South Norwalk electric power plant, the first such municipally-owned electric utility in Connecticut.[9][10]
Robins was re-elected in 1925 over former Democratic South Norwalk mayor Albert Pohlman; the two municipalities had been merged into a single city.[11]
| Preceded by Calvin Barton |
Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut 1923–1927 |
Succeeded by Anson F. Keeler |
References[edit]
- ↑ "The Norwalk Hour - Mayor Thomas Robins A Good Traffic "Cop"". news.google.com. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
- ↑ List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut
- ↑ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Robbins". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
- ↑ "Schenechtady Gazette" (PDF). fultonhistory.com. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
- ↑ "Thomas Robbins (Obit)". New York Times. 4 April 1941. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ↑ American Academy of Political and Social Science; Conference of American Mayors (1915). Proceedings of the Conference of American Mayors on Public Policies as to Municipal Utilities. 57. American Academy of Political and Social Science. p. 237. Retrieved 2015-02-05. Search this book on
- ↑ Connecticut. Secretary of the State (1907). Connecticut State Register and Manual. Secretary of the State. p. 297. ISSN 0270-6245. Retrieved 2015-02-05. Search this book on
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Thomas Robins,78,Dies; Former Norwalk Mayor: Native of England, Repulican, He Was Masonry Contractor". New York Herald Tribune. 4 July 1941. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ↑ Winchester, Albert E. “South Norwalk's Municipal Electric Works.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 57, 1915, pp. 228–245. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1013283.
- ↑ Tewney Years of Successful Municipal Ownership; in The American City, Volume 7. Buttenheim Publishing Corporation. 1912. p. 424. Search this book on
- ↑ "The Norwalk Hour - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
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