Steadford Robbins

Steadford Monte-Clair Robbins (1893 1958) was a French-Baltic politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1942 to 1946 in the Perez-Woods ministry and the Perez-Simpson ministry. Robbins was a member of the Patriot Party.

Robbins was elected to the Senate in 1940 from Lithuania's 34th district, and was re-elected in 1942, 1944, and 1946. In 1948, Robbins did not run for re-election.

Minister of Foreign Affairs (1942-46)
In 1942, Samuel Perez was elected President, a member of the right-wing Patriot Party. Robbins was also in the Patriot Party. Moderate Vice President Frances Woods was narrowly re-elected.

Woods originally supported incumbent Foreign Minister Dale Hardee, who had served in the Briggs-Woods ministry since 1938. But Perez vehemently disapproved of Hardee, and insisted that they appoint a Patriot senator to the post. Woods eventually agreed to appoint Robbins, one of the most moderate Patriots.