Ron Chernow said Robeson was a "roly-poly Princeton graduate with muttonchop whiskers and a sociable bent, who had been a brigadier general in the war. He would prove a capable if often slipshod administrator, shadowed by suspicions of corruption." Historically, Robeson is often mentioned by biographers of Ulysses S. Grant. Marriage and family On January 23, 1872, Robeson married Mary Isabella (Ogston) Aulick, a widow with a son, Richmond Aulick. Robeson and Mary had a daughter named Ethel Maxwell Robeson, who married William Sterling, the son of British Maj. John Barton Sterling, on November 22, 1910, in Christ Church, Mayfair, England. Mary's son, Richmond, graduated from Princeton University in 1889. The embittered 1882 Congressional election loss caused contention in Robeson's family. His wife went abroad and the campaign left Robeson destitute. In New Jersey, Robeson was called derisively "Poor Roby". James L. Hayes selected a small house near the State House in Trenton where Robeson lived and practiced law. See also References Sources Books By Author scholarly review and response by Calhoun at By Editor Biographical dictionaries Websites External links Retrieved on 2008-02-12 George Maxwell Robeson at The Political Graveyard Robeson Channel, Bing Maps, retrieved on 10-6-2014 1829 births 1897 deaths 19th-century American politicians Burials in New Jersey Grant administration cabinet members New Jersey Attorneys General People from Camden County, New Jersey People from Warren County, New Jersey People of New Jersey in the American Civil War Polaris expedition Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey Union Army generals United States Secretaries of the Navy