James Edgar Robinson (15 August 1868, near

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– 27 January 1932) was an American lawyer who served as an Associate Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court from 1919 to 1932. He was the maternal grandfather of First Lady

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and matrilineal great-grandfather of

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Life and career

Robinson was son of John W. Robinson (1831–1920, younger brother of James Wallace Robinson) and his wife Sarah Coe (1831–1901). Robinson was educated at the local high school and latter attended

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1886 to 1889, studied law with his uncle, and at Ohio State University College of Law from 1892 to 1893.The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System - James Edgar Robinson
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in 1893. At the turn of the century he was elected prosecuting attorney of Union County, he served in this capacity for six years. Robinson continued the practice of law until 1915, when Governor Willis appointed him an appellate judge in the

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. In the 1916 election he was defeated in the Democratic landslide. In 1919 he was elected to the

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. He was elected to a second term in 1925, and a third in 1930, but he died two years into the term.

Death

He died after a short illness, January 27, 1932. His funeral was at his home, with Robert R. Reed of the Indianola Presbyterian Church officiating. He was buried at the family cemetery in Marysville.

Family

Robinson married Lula Dell Flickinger on May 31, 1893. They had 4 children. Robinson is a sixth cousin once removed of

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, and is an ancestor (maternal great-grandfather) of President

. His daughter, Pauline Robinson, was the mother of First Lady Barbara Pierce, and the mother-in-law of President

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, James Edgar 1868 births 1932 deaths People from Marysville, Ohio Judges of the Ohio District Courts of Appeals Justices of the Supreme Court of Ohio County district attorneys in Ohio Ohio Wesleyan University alumni Ohio State University Moritz College of Law alumni Ohio Republicans People from Richwood, Ohio