Cornelius Robinson was a politician from Alabama

Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

 who served in the Provisional Confederate Congress

Provisional Confederate Congress

The Provisional Confederate Congress, for a time the legislative branch of the Confederate States of America, was the body which drafted the Confederate Constitution, elected Jefferson Davis President of the Confederacy, and designed the first Confederate flag...

 at the beginning of the American Civil War.

Robinson was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina

Wadesboro, North Carolina

Wadesboro is a town in Anson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,780 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Anson County.-Geography:Wadesboro is located at ....

. He was the sixth of eight children of Tod and Martha Ann (Terry) Robinson of Anson County

Anson County, North Carolina

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. He later moved to Alabama, and in 1836 was the captain of a company of infantry

Infantry

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.

Following the resignation of Alabama delegate John Gill Shorter

John Gill Shorter

John Gill Shorter was the 17th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1861 to 1863, during the Civil War.Shorter, an attorney, was born in 1818 in Monticello, Georgia and died in 1872 in Eufaula, Alabama.-References:...

 in November 1861, Robinson was elected to fill vacancy. He took his seat on April 29, 1861. He subsequently resigned from the Congress on January 24, 1862. His son Cornelius Robinson, Jr. served as an officer in the 46th Alabama Infantry during the war.

Robinson died near Benton, Alabama

Benton, Alabama

Benton is in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States. The population was 47 at the 2000 census. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the town had a population of 45. It is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

, and was buried there at Mt. Gilead Cemetery.