Milton S. Robinson
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Milton Stapp Robinson (April 20, 1832 - July 28, 1892) is a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
Born in Versailles, Indiana, Robinson received a limited schooling. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1851 and began practice in Anderson, Indiana. He served as presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1856. He was appointed a director of the Indiana State Penitentiary at Michigan City in 1861, but resigned after a few months. He entered the Union Army in September 1861 as lieutenant colonel of the Forty-seventh Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry and served until March 29, 1864. Brevetted brigadier general March 13, 1865. He served in the State senate 1866-1870. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1872.
Robinson was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878. He resumed the practice of law. He was appointed associate justice of the appellate court of Indiana in March 1891. He was subsequently appointed chief justice and served until his death in Anderson, Indiana, July 28, 1892. He was interred in Maplewood Cemetery.
