C. A. Robins

Charles Armington Robins ( born December 8, 1884 in Defiance, Shelby County, Iowa, † September 20, 1970 in Lewiston, Idaho ) was an American politician and 1947-1951 Governor of the State of Idaho.

Early years

At the age of four, his family moved to La Junta, Colorado. Charles Robins studied until 1907 at the Jewell College in Missouri. Subsequently, he earned his living as a teacher before he began to study medicine at the Medical Faculty of the University of Chicago, which he successfully completed in 1917. After an internship at Cincinnati General Hospital, he was in 1918 during the First World War in a medical unit of the U.S. Army.

Political Rise and Governor of Idaho

Robins was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1938 and 1946 he was a member of the Senate from Idaho. In 1943 he was president of the house and in 1946 he was elected the first Governor of Idaho with a four- year term. Thus, an amendment to the state constitution in force which extended the terms of office of the governors of two to four years. Thus Robins was able to exercise his office between January 6, 1947 and January 1, 1951. During his tenure, the parole board was abolished and replaced by a new institution, the so-called "Board of Corrections ". Dealing with alcoholic beverages were legally regulated. Also, education was reformed. For example, school districts were merged. In 1948, Governor Robins was a delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Further CV

After the end of his governorship to Robins applied unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate. After that, he was a member of several medical associations and spent seven years the North Idaho District Medical Service Bureau in Lewiston. The married Marguerite Cranberry former governor died in September 1970 and was buried in Lewiston.