Cornelius Robinson

For the fictional character in the 2007 film, see Meet the Robinsons.

Cornelius Robinson (September 25, 1805 – July 29, 1867) was a politician from Alabama who served in the Provisional Confederate Congress at the beginning of the American Civil War.

Robinson was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina. He was the sixth of eight children of Tod and Martha Ann (Terry) Robinson of Anson County. He later moved to Alabama, and in 1836 was the captain of a company of infantry.^[1]

Following the resignation of Alabama delegate John Gill Shorter in November 1861, Robinson was elected to fill vacancy. He took his seat on April 29, 1861. He subsequently resigned from the Congress on January 24, 1862. His son Cornelius Robinson, Jr. served as an officer in the 46th Alabama Infantry during the war.^[2]

Robinson died near Benton, Alabama, and was buried there at Mt. Gilead Cemetery.^[3]

References

• Beers, Henry Putney, The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America. Washington, D.C.: United States National Archives and Records Administration, 1986.
• Current, Richard N., Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. ISBN 0132759918.
• Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865. Washington, D.C.: United States War Department, Government Printing Office, 1905.

Notes

1. ^ Alabama Pioneers
2. ^ History of the 46th Alabama
3. ^ The Political Graveyard

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Name	Robinson, Cornelius
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Date of birth	September 25, 1805
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Date of death	July 29, 1867
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