 Robinson again assumed the position as Speaker of the Senate on August 16 , 1862 as part of a political deal to effect the resignation of Governor Beriah Magoffin . Magoffin 's lieutenant governor , Linn Boyd , had died in office in 1859 , and Magoffin was unwilling to allow John Fisk , then Senate Speaker and next in line for the governorship , to succeed him . Magoffin agreed to resign if the Senate would elect Robinson as Speaker , putting him next in line for the governorship . This was done , and at 10 : 00 am on August 18 , 1862 , Robinson succeeded Magoffin upon the latter 's resignation . Because he never resigned from the Senate , Robinson technically held both his legislative seat and the governorship concurrently . 
