Robert Matson Politician
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Robert Matson is a member of the following lists: 19th-century American politicians, People from Bourbon County, Kentucky and Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives.
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| Birthday |
26th January, 1859
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| Birthplace |
Fulton County, Kentucky
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| Died |
26th January, 1859
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius
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| Occupation |
Politician
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Robert Matson (January 1796 – January 26, 1859) was a plantation owner in Kentucky who also owned a farm in Illinois. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and a slave owner. He was also a two term legislator in the Kentucky legislature. In Illinois in 1847 he was represented by Abraham Lincoln, then a lawyer, in the Matson Trial, a freedom suit legal dispute over ownership of slaves (a mother and her daughters) in the free soil state of Illinois.
