James Wallace Robinson (November 26, 1826 - June 28, 1898) was a U.S. Representative

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 from Ohio

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Born in the township of Carby, near Unionville Center, Ohio

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, Robinson attended the common schools and Marysville Academy.
He was graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

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, in
1848. He studied law first with Otway Curry

Otway Curry

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, and graduated from Cincinnati Law School in 1851.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in the latter year and commenced practice in London, Ohio

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, partnering with Curry..
He served as prosecuting attorney of Union County

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 for two terms, elected as a Whig

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He moved to Marysville, Ohio

Marysville, Ohio

Marysville is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Ohio, United States. The population was 15,942 at the 2000 census, and the Census Bureau estimated that it had risen to 17,621 by 2006.Marysville's longtime slogan is "Where the Grass is Greener"...

, in 1855.
He served as member of the State house of representatives 1860-1862, and in 1864 was elected to fill an unexpired term.

Robinson was elected as a Republican

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 to the Forty-third

43rd United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth

44th United States Congress

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 Congress.
He resumed the practice of his profession.
He died in Marysville, Ohio

Marysville, Ohio

Marysville is a city in and the county seat of Union County, Ohio, United States. The population was 15,942 at the 2000 census, and the Census Bureau estimated that it had risen to 17,621 by 2006.Marysville's longtime slogan is "Where the Grass is Greener"...

, June 28, 1898.
He was interred in Oakdale Cemetery.

Robinson was a Presbyterian, and an elder in the church beginning in 1855. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the College of Wooster, which conferred a LL.D. on him in 1896. He was married to Mary J. Cassil of Marysville, and had two children and died in 1894. in 1896 he married Mary E. Kent of Rome, New York.

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