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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | James S. Robinson |
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Kenton, Ohio , United States |
| Email | None |
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October 14, 1827
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| Died | January 14, 1892
(64 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
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| Info | ROBINSON, James Sidney, a Representative from Ohio; born near Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, October 14, 1827; attended the common schools; acquired the art of printing; moved to Kenton, Ohio, December 31, 1845; edited and published the Kenton Republican; chief clerk of the Ohio house of representatives in 1856; enlisted in Company G, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, April 17, 1861, and rose through the ranks to colonel; chairman of the Republican State executive committee of Ohio 1877-1879; appointed commissioner of railroads and telegraphs in Ohio in January 1880; 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; secretary of state of Ohio 1885-1889; died in Kenton, Ohio, January 14, 1892; interment in Grove Cemetery.
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