A. Heaton Robertson

Abram Heaton Robertson (September 24 or 25, 1850 – August 6, 1924) was an American businessman, judge, lawyer, and politician.

Early life and education Robertson was born on September 24 or 25, 1850, in New Haven, Connecticut, to politician John Brownlee Robertson, and Mabel Maria Heaton. In 1872, he graduated from Yale College, where he was a peer of physicist Edward Bouchet, who possibly worked as an attendant for his father. In 1874, he graduated from Columbia Law School. He received an honorary degree from Trinity College in 1894.

A Democrat, Robertson served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1880 to 1882, then in the Connecticut State Senate from the 8th district, from 1885 to 1886. From 1887 to 1895, he served as judge of the New Haven Probate Court.

In the 1908 Democratic National Convention, Robertson was unanimously nominated to run on the Democratic ticket in the 1908 Connecticut gubernatorial election. He got 43.5% of the vote and lost to George L. Lilley. Also in 1908, he unsuccessfully ran for the Connecticut House of Representatives, getting one vote. In his campaigns, he appealed to the working class, calling himself 'Mr. Workingman' in newspaper advertisements.

Personal life and death Robertson was a member of the University Club of New York, among other clubs. He married Graziella Ridgway; they had three children together. He died on August 6, 1924, aged 73, near Pinehurst, North Carolina, of an illness he contracted while travelling to visit his brother, J. Brownlee Robertson Jr.