Howard W. Robison

A Representative from New York. Born in Owego, Tioga County, N. Y. , October 30, 1915. Attended the public schools of Owego, N. Y. Graduated from Cornell University in 1937 and from the law school of the same university in 1939. Was admitted to the bar in 1939 and commenced the practice of law in Owego, N. Y. Served in the United States Army Counter Intelligence Corps 1942-1946. County attorney of Tioga County from 1946 until elected to Congress. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth Congress, by special election, January 14, 1958, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of W. Sterling Cole. Reelected to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from January 14, 1958, to January 3, 1975. Was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. Vice president for congressional relations, American Railroad Association, 1975-1987. Was a resident of Rehoboth Beach, Del. , until his death there on September 26, 1987. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Owego, N. Y.