Anson County, NC - Leonidas Dunlap Robinson, 1867-1941

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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
Biographies
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ROBINSON, Leonidas Dunlap, a Representative from North Carolina; born 
in Gulledge Township, Anson County, N.C., April 22, 1867; attended the 
common schools; moved to Wadesboro in 1888; studied law; was admitted 
to the bar in 1889 and practiced in Wadesboro; delegate to every 
Democratic State convention 1888-1941; mayor of Wadesboro 1890-1893; 
member of the State house of representatives in 1894 and 1900; 
appointed solicitor of the thirteenth judicial district in 1901; 
elected to the same office in 1902 and served in that capacity until 
1910, when he resigned; became president of the Bank of Wadesboro in 
1910; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1912, 1920, 
and 1924; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth 
Congresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1921); declined to be a candidate 
for renomination; resumed banking and also engaged in agricultural 
pursuits until his death; died in Wadesboro, N.C., November 7, 1941; 
interment in Eastview Cemetery.