William M. Robbins
(October 26, 1828 — May 5, 1905) Robbins was an American politician and lawyer. William McKendree Robbins was born in Trinity, North Carolina in 1828. He attended Trinity College and graduated from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia. Robbins studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1854. After being admitted to the bar, he moved to Alabama and practiced law in Eufaula. During the Civil War, Ransom served in the Confederate Army for four years and attained the rank of major. After the war, he served in the State Senate from 1868 to 1872, before being elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives. He served in Congress from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1879.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/R000302]
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North Carolina Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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