James Fisher Robinson 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 politicians in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly. Magoffin agreed to resign the governorship, provided he could select his successor. He selected Robinson.
- Occupation
- lawyer, politician
- Position held
- Governor of Kentucky, member of the State Senate of Kentucky
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 4, 1800
