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James Fisher Robinson

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Governor of Kentucky (1800-1882)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1800 to 1882 · aged 82
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James Fisher Robinson was the 22nd governor of Kentucky, serving the remainder of the unfinished term of Governor Beriah Magoffin. Magoffin, a Confederate sympathizer, became increasingly ineffective after the elections of 1861 yielded a supermajority to pro-Union forces in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly.

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James Fisher Robinson was the 22nd governor of Kentucky, serving the remainder of the unfinished term of Governor Beriah Magoffin. Magoffin, a Confederate sympathizer, became increasingly ineffective after the elections of 1861 yielded a supermajority to pro-Union forces in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly. Magoffin agreed to resign the governorship, provided he could select his successor. He selected Robinson.

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United States
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Lived 1800 to 1882 · aged 82
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