What is Charles L. Robinson?
{{Infobox Governor |name= Charles L. Robinson |image= File:Charles L. Robinson.jpg |caption= |order1=1st |office1= Governor of Kansas |term_start1= February 9, 1861 |term_end1= January 12, 1863 |lieutenant1= [[Joseph Pomeroy Root]] |predecessor1= [[Samuel Medary]] <br><small>as Territorial Governor</small> |successor1= [[Thomas Carney]] |office2= Member of the [[Kansas Senate]] |term2= 1873-1881 |office3= Member of the [[California State Assembly]] from the 12th district |term3= 1851-1852 |birth_date= July 21, 1818 |birth_place= [[Hardwick, Massachusetts]] |death_date= {{death date and age|1894|08|17|1818|07|21}} |death_place= [[Lawrence, Kansas]] |spouse= Sarah Adams; [[Sara Tappan Doolittle Robinson|Sara Tappan Doolittle Lawrence]] |profession= doctor, newspaper editor, abolitionist |party= [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |otherparty= [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] (1851-1852) |footnotes= }} '''Charles Lawrence Robinson''' (July 21, 1818 – August 17, 1894) was the first [[Governor of Kansas]]. He was very important in creating [[Lawrence, Kansas]]. ==Life== ===Massachusetts=== Robinson was studied at Hadley and Amherst academies. He also studied at [[Amherst College]]. He studied medicine in [[Woodstock, Vermont]], and later in [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]]. He got his medical degree at the [[Berkshire Medical College]] in Pittsfield in 1843. He practiced medicine in [[Belchertown, Massachusetts|Belchertown]], [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield]], and [[Fitchburg, Massachusetts|Fitchburg]].<ref name=nga/><ref name=acab>{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Robinson, Charles}}</ref> ===California=== He traveled to [[California]] in 1850. In [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], he edited a daily paper called the ''Settler's and Miner's Tribune''. He participated in the riots of 1850 as a supporter of [[Squatting|squatter]] sovereignty. He was seriously wounded. While under indictment for [[conspiracy]] and [[murder]], was elected to the [[California legislature]]. He was discharged by the cou