James Fisher Robinson (October 4 1800 – October 31 1882) was the 22nd Governor of Kentucky serving the remainder of the unfinished term of Governor Beriah Magoffin. Magoffin a Confederate sympathizer became increasingly ineffective after the elections of 1861 yielded a supermajority to pro-Union forces in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly. Magoffin agreed to resign the governorship provided he could select his successor.
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