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2nd Intern Texas President James W. Robinson Death

James W. Robinson

James W. Robinson was a politician in what became the U.S. states of Texas and California.
Born: 1800, Indiana
Died: October 27, 1857, San Diego, CA
Previous office: San Diego County District Attorney (1852–1856)

ROBINSON, JAMES W. (1790–1857). James W. Robinson, judge, attorney, and San Jacinto veteran, was born in 1790 in what is now Hamilton County, Indiana. He was probably the son of Samuel and Margaret (Newell) Robinson, but his parentage has not been definitely established. He was admitted to the bar in Indiana and was a law partner of William Henry Harrison. Robinson practiced law in Indiana, where he married Mary Isdell in 1820. They had five children. When Robinson left for Arkansas in 1828 he deserted his family. His wife later obtained a divorce, and in Arkansas Robinson married Sarah Snider. They had one son, William N. Robinson. James W. Robinson arrived in Texas in January 1833, with a letter of recommendation addressed to Stephen F. Austin, settled at Nacogdoches, and on October 6, 1835, received title to a league of land in Joseph Vehlein’s colony in the area of present San Jacinto County. Robinson was a delegate from Nacogdoches to the Consultation in 1835 and was elected lieutenant governor of the provisional government. The executive council of the provisional government deposed Governor Henry Smith on January 11, 1836, and named Robinson as his successor. Smith, claiming that there was no quorum present when he was deposed, refused to relinquish the office, and as a result both Smith and Robinson claimed to be governor. Robinson served in the Texas army from March 12 to September 15, 1836, and fought at the battle of San Jacinto as a private in the cavalry company under William H. Smith. Robinson was living in Gonzales County on December 16, 1836, when he was elected by Congress as judge of the Fourth Judicial District, which automatically made him a member of the Supreme Court. He resigned in January 1840 and later opened a law practice in Austin. On March 19, 1840, Robinson was wounded in the Council House Fight at San Antonio. He was again in San Antonio when it was captured by Adrián Woll in September 1842 and was one of those carried prisoner to Mexico. Robinson in Mexico, opened a clandestine correspondence with Antonio López de Santa Anna and reached an agreement by which he was to be released from prison and allowed to return to Texas with terms for an agreement between Texas and Mexico. Robinson reached Galveston on March 27, 1843, conferred with President Sam Houston at Washington-on-the-Brazos, obtained his release, and may have been responsible for the negotiations that resulted in an armistice of several months between the two nations. In 1850 Robinson and his family moved to San Diego, California. He was district attorney from 1852 to 1855 and school commissioner in 1854. He secured possession of considerable property and helped promote a railroad from El Paso to California. Robinson died in San Diego in October 1857. When his estate was finally distributed in 1903, his children were all dead, and seventy-one legatees, chiefly grandchildren, shared in the property settlement.

2nd Intern Texas President James W. Robinson Birthday

James W. Robinson

James W. Robinson was a politician in what became the U.S. states of Texas and California.
Born: 1800, Indiana
Died: October 27, 1857, San Diego, CA
Previous office: San Diego County District Attorney (1852–1856)

ROBINSON, JAMES W. (1790–1857). James W. Robinson, judge, attorney, and San Jacinto veteran, was born in 1790 in what is now Hamilton County, Indiana. He was probably the son of Samuel and Margaret (Newell) Robinson, but his parentage has not been definitely established. He was admitted to the bar in Indiana and was a law partner of William Henry Harrison. Robinson practiced law in Indiana, where he married Mary Isdell in 1820. They had five children. When Robinson left for Arkansas in 1828 he deserted his family. His wife later obtained a divorce, and in Arkansas Robinson married Sarah Snider. They had one son, William N. Robinson. James W. Robinson arrived in Texas in January 1833, with a letter of recommendation addressed to Stephen F. Austin, settled at Nacogdoches, and on October 6, 1835, received title to a league of land in Joseph Vehlein’s colony in the area of present San Jacinto County. Robinson was a delegate from Nacogdoches to the Consultation in 1835 and was elected lieutenant governor of the provisional government. The executive council of the provisional government deposed Governor Henry Smith on January 11, 1836, and named Robinson as his successor. Smith, claiming that there was no quorum present when he was deposed, refused to relinquish the office, and as a result both Smith and Robinson claimed to be governor. Robinson served in the Texas army from March 12 to September 15, 1836, and fought at the battle of San Jacinto as a private in the cavalry company under William H. Smith. Robinson was living in Gonzales County on December 16, 1836, when he was elected by Congress as judge of the Fourth Judicial District, which automatically made him a member of the Supreme Court. He resigned in January 1840 and later opened a law practice in Austin. On March 19, 1840, Robinson was wounded in the Council House Fight at San Antonio. He was again in San Antonio when it was captured by Adrián Woll in September 1842 and was one of those carried prisoner to Mexico. Robinson in Mexico, opened a clandestine correspondence with Antonio López de Santa Anna and reached an agreement by which he was to be released from prison and allowed to return to Texas with terms for an agreement between Texas and Mexico. Robinson reached Galveston on March 27, 1843, conferred with President Sam Houston at Washington-on-the-Brazos, obtained his release, and may have been responsible for the negotiations that resulted in an armistice of several months between the two nations. In 1850 Robinson and his family moved to San Diego, California. He was district attorney from 1852 to 1855 and school commissioner in 1854. He secured possession of considerable property and helped promote a railroad from El Paso to California. Robinson died in San Diego in October 1857. When his estate was finally distributed in 1903, his children were all dead, and seventy-one legatees, chiefly grandchildren, shared in the property settlement.

43rd U.S. President George W. Bush Birthday

George W. Bush was the 43rd president of the United States. He led his country’s response to the 9/11 attacks in 2001 and initiated the Iraq War in 2003.

• George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He had previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.
• Born: July 6, 1946 (age 73 years), New Haven, CT
• Artworks: Ehud Olmert, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Junichiro Koizumi
• Presidential term: January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
• Vice president: Dick Cheney (2001–2009)
• Party: Republican Party
• Spouse: Laura Bush (m. 1977)
• First president born in Connecticut.
• First president to serve in the Air National Guard.
• First president inaugurated in the 21st century.
• First president to have an M.B.A. degree.
• First president to serve two terms who was the son of a president.
• First president to meet with two popes while in office, Pope John Paul II & Pope Benedict XVI.
• First president to visit Sweden, Peru, Lithuania, Qatar, Iraq, Slovakia, Georgia, Mongolia, Estonia, Albania, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Benin while in office.
• First president to have State of the Union live broadcast on the Internet.
• First president to have served in the military during the Vietnam War, where he performed stateside service.
• First president to invoke Section 3 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution twice.
• First president to have a 90% approval rating in the history of modern political polling.
• First president to have had a secretary of homeland security.
• First president to lose the popular vote in his first election but win the popular vote at his re-election.
• First president to open the Winter Olympic Games (the 2002 Winter Olympics Salt Lake City) while in office.
• First president to attend an Olympic Games in a foreign country (the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing) while in office.
• First president to leave office with both parents still alive. (Bush left office in 2009, while his parents both died in 2018, nine years after he left office).
• First president to reach the age of 70 with both parents living at the time.
• First president to have both parents die in the same year. His mother Barbara Bush died on April 17, 2018 while his father George H. W. Bush died seven months later on November 30, 2018.
• First president to be re-elected without winning a Northeastern state.
• First president to win ten more states than his opponent at an election, and receive fewer total votes.
• First president to be named Time Person of the Year for both of his presidential elections. He was named Time Person of the Year when he was first elected and re-elected.
• First president to write a presidential biography, 41: A Portrait of My Father, about George H. W. Bush.
• First president to write and illustrate an art book, Portraits of Courage.
• First president to celebrate Diwali.

41st U.S. President George H. W. Bush Death

George H.W. Bush was the 41st President of the United States and served as vice president under Ronald Reagan. He was also the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd President.

• George Herbert Walker Bush was an American politician and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 and the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989.
• Born: June 12, 1924, Milton, MA
• Died: November 30, 2018, Houston, TX
• Vice president: Dan Quayle (1989–1993)
• Presidential term: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
• Years of service: 1942–1945
• Children: George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, Neil Bush, Dorothy Bush Koch, Pauline Robinson Bush, Marvin Bush
• First president to have served as acting president (when Reagan was sedated for eight hours due to colon surgery).
• First president to visit Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Singapore, Somalia, and the Russian Federation, as well as a reunified Germany while in office.
• First president to have served as director of Central Intelligence (office is now the director of the Central Intelligence Agency).
• First president to have served as a United States ambassador to the United Nations (1970–73).
• First president whose son (George W. Bush) was re-elected president.
• First president to have been a naval aviator.
• First president to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.
• First president to have been married for 55 years. (George and Barbara Bush surpassed marriage longevity record set by John and Abigail Adams—54 years, 3 days—on January 10, 1999.)
• First president to have been married 70 years. (George and Barbara Bush were married for 73 years, 101 days.)
• First president to have had a secretary of veterans affairs.
• First president to serve as chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973–74).
• First president to serve as a diplomat to China, having served as chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to the People’s Republic of China from 1974–75.
• First president to be the subject of a presidential biography, 41: A Portrait of My Father, written by his son, George W. Bush
• First president to die in the same year as his wife (he died on November 30, 2018 while his wife died on April 17, 2018).
• First president to live to the age of 94.

41st U.S. President George H. W. Bush Birthday

George H.W. Bush was the 41st President of the United States and served as vice president under Ronald Reagan. He was also the father of George W. Bush, the 43rd President.

• George Herbert Walker Bush was an American politician and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 and the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989.
• Born: June 12, 1924, Milton, MA
• Died: November 30, 2018, Houston, TX
• Vice president: Dan Quayle (1989–1993)
• Presidential term: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
• Years of service: 1942–1945
• Children: George W. Bush, Jeb Bush, Neil Bush, Dorothy Bush Koch, Pauline Robinson Bush, Marvin Bush
• First president to have served as acting president (when Reagan was sedated for eight hours due to colon surgery).
• First president to visit Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Singapore, Somalia, and the Russian Federation, as well as a reunified Germany while in office.
• First president to have served as director of Central Intelligence (office is now the director of the Central Intelligence Agency).
• First president to have served as a United States ambassador to the United Nations (1970–73).
• First president whose son (George W. Bush) was re-elected president.
• First president to have been a naval aviator.
• First president to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.
• First president to have been married for 55 years. (George and Barbara Bush surpassed marriage longevity record set by John and Abigail Adams—54 years, 3 days—on January 10, 1999.)
• First president to have been married 70 years. (George and Barbara Bush were married for 73 years, 101 days.)
• First president to have had a secretary of veterans affairs.
• First president to serve as chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973–74).
• First president to serve as a diplomat to China, having served as chief of the U.S. Liaison Office to the People’s Republic of China from 1974–75.
• First president to be the subject of a presidential biography, 41: A Portrait of My Father, written by his son, George W. Bush
• First president to die in the same year as his wife (he died on November 30, 2018 while his wife died on April 17, 2018).
• First president to live to the age of 94.