Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James R. Robinson

Full Name: James R. Robinson
Birth date: June 28, 1846
Death date: February 13, 1919

Terms of Service

House, 19th Legislature
1/13/1885 - 1/11/1887
Democrat
House, 18th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat

(1) District 41 comprised of Young, Wise, and Jack counties; District 44 comprised of Montague and Clay counties, p. 11, Acts 1882, 17th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 13, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950.
(2) District 41. House Journal .
(3) District 44. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(5) Biographical sketch lists Robinson's district as 41; roster of members lists district 74; elected as an Independent, p. 228. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.R. Robinson, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.R. Robinson, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

Confederate States Army. Widow's application lists 4th Texas Brigade with Gen. King commanding; War Department memo shows no James Robinson on the muster rolls of any Company of the Confederate States Army numerically designated the 4th, but possibly James Robertson, name also found as James Robison, Private, Company C, 34th Regiment Texas Cavalry (Alexander's Regiment), enlisted 3/1/1862 at Paris, Texas. James Robinson, death date 2/13/1919 in Lubbock, widow Mrs. Emma Robinson, marriage date 11/12/1873 in Jack County. Pension File No. 50060, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com .
Census of 1880 - J.R. Robbinson, Jack County, age 34, born circa 1846 in Kentucky, attorney at law, wife Emma.
Census of 1900 - James Robinson, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, age 52, born June 1848 in Kentucky, attorney, wife Emma.
Census of 1910 - Jim R. Robinson, Lubbock, Lubbock County, age 68, born circa 1842 in Kentucky, lawyer, wife Emma. FamilySearch . 1910 1900

1880

James R. Robinson, birth date 6/28/1846 in Henry County, Kentucky, death date 2/13/1919 in Lubbock, Texas, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Biographical sketch, J.R. Robinson, p. 47. Born 6/28/1846 in Henry County, Kentucky. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Confederate States Army, Wells' Battalion. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
Death notice, "Judge James R. Robinson Died Suddenly," The Avalanche (Lubbock, Texas), 2/13/1919, p. 13. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, J.R. Robinson, p. 259. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.