William M. Robbins Explained

William M. Robbins
State:North Carolina
Term Start:March 4, 1873
Term End:March 3, 1879
Predecessor:James C. Harper
Successor:Robert Franklin Armfield
Office2:Member of the North Carolina Senate
Term2:1868, 1872
Birth Name:William McKendree Robbins
Birth Date:26 October 1828
Birth Place:near Trinity, North Carolina, U.S.
Death Place:Salisbury, North Carolina, U.S.
Resting Place:Oakwood Cemetery, Statesville, North Carolina, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Alma Mater:Randolph–Macon College
Profession:Politician, lawyer
Allegiance:Confederate States of America
Branch:Confederate States Army
Rank:Major
Unit:Fourth Alabama Regiment
Battles:American Civil War

William McKendree Robbins (October 26, 1828  - May 5, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

Born in the old homestead near Trinity, North Carolina, Robbins pursued classical studies.He attended Old Trinity College and graduated from Randolph–Macon College, Virginia, about 1850.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice the same year in Eufaula, Alabama.He served four years as major in the Fourth Alabama Regiment of the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.In 1865, Robbins moved in Salisbury, North Carolina and continue to practice law.He served as member of the North Carolina Senate in 1868 and 1872.[1]

Robbins was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873  - March 4, 1879).He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Forty-fourth Congress).He was appointed by President Cleveland as the southern commissioner on the Gettysburg Battle Field Commission in 1894, which position he held until his death in Salisbury, North Carolina, on May 5, 1905.He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery, Statesville, North Carolina.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/robbins-william-mckendree NCPEDIA-William McKendree Robbins