Robinson, Jeffrey

Flourished: 1839 Wayne County, Illinois

Robinson was a member of the Fairfield Library Society and served as secretary. In 1823, he was a member of the Debating and Literary Society. In August 1838, Wayne County voters elected him as a Democrat to the Illinois House of Representatives. However, he resigned and was replaced by Daniel Turney.

History of Wayne and Clay Counties, Illinois (Chicago: Globe, 1884), 92-93; John Clayton, comp., The Illinois Fact Book and Historical Almanac, 1673-1968 (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970), 208; Theodore C. Pease, ed., Illinois Election Returns, 1818-1848, vol. 18 of Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1923), 315, 330.