Background
Robinson, Christopher was born on May 15, 1806 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Benjamin and Ann (Pitts) Robinson.
Robinson, Christopher was born on May 15, 1806 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Benjamin and Ann (Pitts) Robinson.
Graduate Brown University, 1825.
Admitted to Rhode Island bar, 1833. Attorney general Rhode Island, 1854-1855. Member United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island, 6th Congress, 1859-1861, member judiciary committee, select committee “state of the union”.
United States minister to Peru, 1861-1865.
Delegate Loyalist’s Convention, Philadelphia, 1866. Practiced law, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Member United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island, 6th Congress, 1859-1861.
Married Mary Tillinghast. Married second, Mary Jencks.