James Fisher Robinson
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title:
James Fisher Robinson
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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. Politically, Robinson opposed both secession and abolition. Though he had
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Governor of Kentucky
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fisher_Robinson
date created:
2006-08-16T13:25:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T17:54:19Z
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