James S. Robinson

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James Sidney Robinson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 9th district
In office
March 4, 1881 – January 12, 1885
Preceded byGeorge L. Converse
Succeeded byWilliam C. Cooper
24th Ohio Secretary of State
In office
January 12, 1885 – January 14, 1889
GovernorGeorge Hoadly
Joseph B. Foraker
Preceded byJames W. Newman
Succeeded byDaniel J. Ryan
Personal details
Born(1827-10-14)October 14, 1827
United States of America
Union
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of service1861–1865
Rank Brigadier General
UnitArmy of the Cumberland
CommandsRobinson's Brigade, XX Corps
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
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James Sidney Robinson (October 14, 1827 – January 14, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served two terms in Congress from 1881 to 1885.

Early life and career

Born near Mansfield, Ohio, Robinson attended the common schools. As a young man, he acquired the art of printing. He moved to Kenton, Ohio, on December 31, 1845. Entering the newspaper business, he edited and published the Kenton Republican. He was the Chief Clerk of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1856.

Civil War service

At the beginning of the Civil War, he enlisted in the

82nd Ohio Infantry in August 1862. He was engaged at the Cedar Mountain, the Second Battle of Bull Run, and Chancellorsville in XI Corps.[1]

Robinson was severely wounded in his chest at Gettysburg while leading his retreating troops into the borough on the first day of fighting.[2]

After a lengthy recuperation period, Robinson commanded a

Carolinas Campaign, he fought at the Battle of Bentonville. Robinson was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers on January 12, 1865. General Robinson was mustered out of the army on August 31, 1865.[1] On July 9, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Robinson for appointment to the grade of brevet major general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on July 23, 1866.[3]

Postbellum career

After the war, Robinson returned to Ohio and resumed his civilian career. He served as chairman of the Republican State Executive Committee of Ohio 1877–1879. In January 1880, he was appointed as a commissioner of railroads and telegraphs for the state. Robinson was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1881, to January 12, 1885, when he resigned. He then served as the Secretary of State of Ohio from 1885 to 1889.

James S. Robinson died in Kenton, Ohio, on January 14, 1892. He was interred there in Grove Cemetery.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b public domain One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1891). Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Vautier, John D., History of the Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War for the Union, 1861-1865. (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1894), p. 141.
  3. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
United States Representative from Ohio's 9th congressional district

1881–1885 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Secretary of State of Ohio

1885–1889 		Succeeded by

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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