James L. Robinson

James L. Robinson

James Lowry Robinson (September 17 1838 - 1887) was a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of North Carolina; he served as lieutenant governor of the state for four years and as acting Governor of North Carolina for one month in 1883.

Robinson was born and raised in Franklin, North Carolina; he served in the North Carolina militia during the American Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines. Robinson left the military in 1863 and opened a general store in Macon County.

Robinson was first elected to public office in 1868, when he was chosen to represent macon County in the North Carolina House of Representatives. He served there until 1875, the last three years as House Speaker. Robinson then moved up to the state senate, where he served three terms between 1876 and 1880, including one as Senate President Pro Tempore.

Robinson became lieutenant governor in 1881, on the Democratic ticket with Thomas Jordan Jarvis. Robinson served as acting Governor of North Carolina for four weeks in September 1883 when Governor Jarvis left the state for an extended period to attend an exhibition. The most notable events of his administration were two official pardons granted to prisoners, one to a dying Cherokee man, and one to a murderer who Robinson judged acted in self-defense. Robinson resigned from the office of Lieutenant Governor on 10/31/1884 in order to be a candidate for the state house ["North Carolina Government", 1979 version, p. 425; also "New York Times", 12/12/1884] . He was elected to the state house from Macon County and served in the legislature of 1885 ["North Carolina Government", 1979 version, p. 465] .

After his term in the state house, Robinson suffered from financial difficulties. The "Raleigh News and Observer" reported on 6/11/1887 that Robinson was deathly ill and was being treated by a doctor from Asheville. Robinson died later in the year, according to a list of North Carolinians who died in 1887 listed in the "Fayetteville Observer" on 1/19/1888.

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title=Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
before=Thomas J. Jarvis
Office Vacant, 1879-1881
after=Charles M. Stedman
years=1881-1885


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