sentences:  He served in local offices including justice of the peace, and was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1832 to 1833 and the Vermont Senate from 1838 to 1839.Robinson's political aspirations were somewhat thwarted by the fracturing of the Democratic Party over slavery; in 1851, he was the unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate of the anti-slavery Democrats who organized themselves as the Free Soil and Liberty Parties.In 1852, he was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee.