John Staniford Robinson (November 10, 1804 – April 25, 1860) was an American lawyer and politician.

[4] Robinson opened his own law office in Bennington and continued to practice until his death.

[4] Robinson's political aspirations were thwarted by the fracturing of the Democratic Party over slavery.

[8] The Republican winning streak ended when Democrat Philip H. Hoff won the governorship in 1962.

[9] In 1860, while Robinson was serving as chairman of the Vermont delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Charleston, South Carolina, he died from apoplexy (a stroke).