James Carroll Robinson

James Carroll Robinson ( * August 19, 1823 in Paris, Illinois, † November 3, 1886 in Springfield, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1859 and 1875 he represented several times the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1825 James Robinson came with his parents to Clark County, where he later received a limited education. He then worked in agriculture. During the Mexican-American War, he served as a corporal in the U.S. Armed Forces. After studying law and his 1850 was admitted to the bar he began to Marshall to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1858 Robinson was in the seventh election district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Aaron Shaw on March 4, 1859. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1865 three legislative periods. Since 1863 he represented there the eleventh district of his state. This period was marked by the events of the Civil War. From 1861 to 1865 he was chairman of the Committee on Mileage.

In 1864, Robinson gave up another candidacy. Instead, he competed unsuccessfully for the office of Governor of Illinois. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. Since 1869, he practiced the profession in Springfield, capital of Illinois, from. In the elections of 1870, Robinson was elected to succeed Shelby Moore Cullom in the Congress in the eighth district of Illinois. After a re-election in the twelfth district he could until March 3, 1975 two other legislative periods spend in parliament.

1874 Robinson rejected from further candidacy. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he again worked as a lawyer. In 1886 he became a member of ranchers Commission of the State of Illinois ( Board of Livestock Commissioners ). He died on 3 November of the same year in Springfield.

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