[1] Early on in life Robinson was engaged in the trade of shoe making,[1] he later became a self taught lawyer.
[2] While a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Robinson wrote and introduced the bill, An Act to Abolish Imprisonment for Debt that was enacted, and came into effect on July 4, 1834.
[1] Robinson was also instrumental in passing legislation that ended special pleadings in Massachusetts' Courts of Justice.
[1] In 1847 Robinson was an unsuccessful Democratic party candidate for the US House of Representatives.
[3] Robinson was the Warden of the Massachusetts State Prison.