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Twenty-second governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, banker, and legislator. Son of Jonathan Robinson and Jane Black Robinson. Married to Susan D. Mansell Robinson on December 26, 1821. Father of Emilie Jane Robinson and James F. Robinson, Jr. Married Willina S. Herndon Robinson on May 30, 1842. Father of Scott Herndon Robinson, John McCracken Robinson, George Sidney Robinson, Madison Johnson Robinson, Stephen Gano Robinson, Willa Ewing Robinson, Philip Eldon Robinson, and Stephen Gano Robinson. Educated at Forest Hill Academy and Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Trustee of Georgetown College. President of the Farmers' Bank of Georgetown. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1851 to 1855. Owned thirty-five enslaved persons in 1860. Represented Fayette and Scott Counties in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 3, 1861, to September 5, 1861. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from August 16, 1861, to August 18, 1862. Governor of Kentucky from August 18, 1862, to September 1, 1863. Returned to practicing law and farming on retiring from politics in 1863.
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, attorney, editor, and statesman. Lexington native. Married to Virginia Cooper Wickliffe on November 25, 1844. Graduate of Transylvania University in Fayette County in 1827. Editor and proprietor of the Observer and Reporter in Lexington from 1838 to 1865. Member of the Whig Party. Resident of Lexington in 1860. Owned seven enslaved persons in Lexington in 1860. Secretary of State for the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1862 to 1863.
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Adair County, Kentucky, attorney, statesman, and soldier. Adair County native. Son of Nathaniel Gaither and Martha Morrison Gaither. Married to Susan Shelby Magoffin Gaither on September 25, 1861. Resident of Adair County in 1850. Household owned eighteen enslaved persons in Adair County in 1850. Admitted to the bar in Adair County. School commissioner and county attorney. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1859 to 1861. Attorney in Adair County in 1860. Secretary of state of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from October 2, 1861, to August 18, 1862. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A.) as a private.
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Jefferson County, Kentucky, newspaper editor and public printer. Bucks County, Pennsylvania, native. Married to Eliza R. Harney Hughes in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on August 10, 1846. Father of Edward H. Hughes, Wallace E. Hughes, William B. Hughes, Mary E. Hughes, Martha Hughes, and Thomas P. Hughes. Editor in Louisville in 1850. Editor of the Louisville Democrat with John H. Harney in Louisville in 1860. Installed as public printer for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in December 1861.
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Kentucky soldier, attorney, politician, and public servant. Clark County, Kentucky native. Son of Benjamin Combs and Sarah Richardson Combs. Married to Margaret Trotter Combs in 1819. Married to Mary Elizabeth Brownell Combs in 1849. Father of Lizzie B. Combs, Leslie Combs, and F. H. Combs. Educated by the Reverend John Lysle. Deputy clerk of the Courts of Jessamine County, Kentucky. Cadet in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment under General James Winchester and in various capacities under General William Henry Harrison, General Green Clay. Completed education in 1816 and read law with Samuel Q. Richardson in Lexington, Kentucky. Admitted to the bar in 1818. Attorney in Lexington, Kentucky. Member of the Whig Party. Raised a regiment in response to the Texas Revolution in 1836. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1827 to 1829, in 1833, from 1845 to 1847, and from 1857 to 1859. Delegate to the Whig Party Convention, supporting the nomination of Henry Clay, in 1840. Canvassed for William Henry Harrison in the Presidential Election of 1840. Unsuccessful candidate for the House of Representatives of the United States against John C. Breckinridge in 1851. Clerk of the Court of Appeals of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1866.
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Capital of Kentucky. Seat of Franklin County, Kentucky. Located on the Kentucky River.
Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).
One chamber of the Legislative Branch of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Comprised of 38 Senators.
Records all the acts of the governor and serves as the notary public for the Commonwealth. Secretaries of State: Thomas B. Monroe, Jr. (August 1859-October 1861); Nathaniel Gaither, Jr. (October 1861-August 1862); Daniel Carmichael Wickliffe (August 1862-September 1863); Ephraim L. Van Winkle (September 1863-May 1866).
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Newspaper and printing office in Frankfort, Kentucky. Known for representing the Whig and Republican political positions. Owners and publishers: Albert G. Hodges (1833-1842), A. G. Hodges, John M. Todd, & John W. Pruett (1842 -1846), A. G. Hodges & Co. (1846-1856), Albert G. Hodges (1856-1865). Editor(s): Orlando Brown (1833-1842), Thomas B. Stevenson (1842-1846), John W. Finnell (1846-1850), William L. Callender (1850-1856), Thomas M. Green (1856-1860), J. H. Johnson (1860-1863), Henri F. Middleton (1863-1864), Henry E. Thomas (1864).
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The Supreme Court in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, with appellate jurisdiction and four appellate districts. Under the Third Constitution of Kentucky (1850) an elected judge served an eight year term, the first six years as an associate justice and the remaining two years as chief justice. Civil War-era Judge(s): Henry J. Stites, Alvin Duvall, Zachariah Wheat, Henry C. Wood, Belvard J. Peters, Joshua F. Bullitt, Rufus K. Williams, George Robertson, and William Sampson. Clerk(s): Leslie Combs.
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IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL
GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH,
To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
Know Ye, That elected appointed (by and with the advice & consent of the
I hereby invest him with full power and authority to execute and discharge the duties of said office according to law: And to have and to hold the same, with all the rights and emoluments thereto legally appertaining, for an during the term prescribed by law.
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed. Done at th day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 62, st year of the Commonwealth.
J F Robinson
BY THE GOVERNOR:
Clerks office of
I certify that D. C. Wicklliffe this day qualified to this commission as Secretary of State -- according to law
Att.
Secretary of State
D. C. Wickliffe
Appointment and Oath
th 1862