Riley Edward Robinson (November 4, 1847 - February 1921) was a carpenter, minister in the Episcopal Church, councilman, custom house inspector, and state legislator in Florida. He served on the city council in Fernandina, Florida from 1875 ti 1879 and from 1883 to 1890, as well as from 1892 to 1894. He represented Nassau County, Florida in the Florida House of Representatives in 1883 and 1885.[1]

He was born in Tennessee in 1847.[2] He was described as having been enslaved and categorized as "mulatto". He moved to Alachua County, Florida in 1858 and lived there until after the American Civil War when he moved to Duval County, Florida and apprenticed as a carpenter. He moved to Nassau County in 1870.[1]

He belonged to the mason fraternal order.[2][3] He was a leader in Nassau County's Republican Party.[4] He was listed as a state legislator as R. E. Robinson.[5][6] He served as postmaster of the Kings Ferry post office in Nassau County.[7]

The Christian Advocate noted his assigned area.[8]

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  1. 1 2 Florida's Public Officials Carter Brown Jr. University of Alabama Press (1998)
  2. 1 2 Urso, Genaro (April 24, 2018). "Leading Black Masons Laying the Foundation for the Social Construct in Florida".
  3. ↑ "The Great Fire of 1901". May 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Florida Times-Union Index". jaxpubliclibrary.contentdm.oclc.org.
  5. ↑ "General Acts and Resolutions Adopted by the Legislature of Florida". Office of the Floridian and Journal. December 23, 1883 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Munroe, C. K. (December 23, 1886). "The Florida Annual, Impartial and Unsectional, 1886" – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ Interior, United States Department of the (December 23, 1899). "Official Register of the United States". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ "Christian Advocate". December 23, 1898 – via Google Books.


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