Milton S. Robinson

Milton Stapp Robinson (April 20, 1832 – July 28, 1892) was an Indiana lawyer, politician, judge, and soldier. He was a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum U.S. Representative, serving two terms from 1875 to 1879.

Milton S. Robinson
Born(1832-04-20)April 20, 1832
Versailles, Indiana
DiedJuly 28, 1892(1892-07-28) (aged 60)
Anderson, Indiana
Place of burial
Maplewood Cemetery,
Anderson, Indiana
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
Service/branchUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of service1861–1865
Rank Colonel
Brevet Brigadier General
Commands held75th Indiana Infantry Regiment
2nd Brigade, 4th Division, XIV Corps
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
Other workCongressman, lawyer, judge

Biography

During the Civil War, he entered the Union Army in September 1861 as the lieutenant colonel of the 47th Indiana Infantry. Soon he was promoted to colonel of the 75th Indiana Infantry, which he led during the December 1862 Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Robinson then commanded the 2nd Brigade, 4th Division of the XIV Corps at the September 1863 Battle of Chickamauga. He was brevetted as a brigadier general in the omnibus promotions at the end of the war, dating from March 13, 1865.

After the war, he served in the Indiana State Senate 1866-1870. He was delegate to the 1872 Republican National Convention.

Congress

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 and resumed the practice of law in Madison County, Indiana.

Judicial career

Robinson 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, on July 28, 1892.

He was interred in Maplewood Cemetery.

References
  • United States Congress. "Milton S. Robinson (id: R000349)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-11-01

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