 James Fisher Robinson ( October 4 , 1800 – October 31 , 1882 ) was the 22nd Governor of Kentucky , serving the remainder of the unfinished term of Governor Beriah Magoffin . Magoffin , a Confederate sympathizer , became increasingly ineffective after the elections of 1861 yielded a supermajority to pro @-@ Union forces in both houses of the Kentucky General Assembly . Magoffin agreed to resign the governorship , provided he could select his successor . He selected Robinson . 
