october october 22nd governor kentucky serving remainder unfinished term governor confederate increasingly ineffective elections yielded forces houses agreed resign governorship provided select successor selected robinson politically robinson opposed abolition union sympathies considered moderate opposing fugitive slave laws black soldiers state senator supported opposed civil war governor drew criticism administration president abraham_lincoln opposing emancipation proclamation early life robinson born kentucky october early studies private tutor presbyterian minister english scottish descent attended graduating brother graduated class moved illinois eventually served terms senator studied law admitted bar beginning practice georgetown kentucky december robinson married georgetown wives robinson children son daughter died robinson married march couple children seven survived adulthood died political career robinson political career began elected kentucky senate whig opposition immediately seek election elected state senate challenger elected speaker senate september resigned post days later robinson assumed position speaker senate august political deal effect resignation governor lieutenant governor died office unwilling allow senate speaker line governorship succeed agreed resign senate elect robinson speaker putting line governorship august robinson succeeded resignation resigned senate robinson technically held legislative seat governorship concurrently civil war ongoing robinson administration robinson tenure confederacy major advance commonwealth attempt protect citizens commonwealth robinson raised taxes effort revive kentucky state militia concerned effect war public education state asked general_assembly investigate condition state schools especially war ravaged areas encouraged accept lincoln administration offer land establish agricultural mechanical college robinson noted january divided kentucky managed send soldiers regiments aid union cause time lamented perceived poor treatment state federal government cited examples declaration martial law commonwealth suspension right corpus citizens answered president lincoln contention military necessity measured constitutional limits warning military necessity measured constitutional limits longer free people completion term robinson supported eventual successor constitutional questions robinson raised administration shaped political debate term later life death following term governor robinson retired family farm politically distant national administration supporting president served president chair december married wife caroline georgetown years junior died october buried georgetown kentucky
James Fisher Robinson