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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | James C. Robinson |
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Springfield, Illinois , United States |
| Email | None |
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August 19, 1823
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| Died | November 03, 1886
(63 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | James Carroll Robinson, a Representative from Illinois; born near Paris, Edgar County, Ill., August 19, 1823; moved to Clark County, Ill., with his parents in 1825; received a limited schooling; engaged in agricultural pursuits; served as a corporal during the Mexican War; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1850 and commenced practice in Marshall, Clark County, Ill.; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh, and Thirty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1865); did not seek renomination in 1864, but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Illinois; resumed the practice of law in Marshall; moved to Sangamon County, Ill., in 1869 and continued the practice of law in Springfield; elected to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875); chairman, Committee on Mileage (Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law; appointed a member of the Illinois Board of Livestock Commissioners in 1886; died in Springfield, Ill., November 3, 1886; interment in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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